Question

What difference do you notice on looking through the windows in the picture? What causes the difference?

Answer 1

The three windows show different views of the objects on the other side. Through one window, the objects can be seen clearly. Through another, they can be seen only partially or indistinctly, while through the third window, the objects cannot be seen at all.

This difference is caused by the nature of the material of the window panes:

• Transparent pane: It allows light to pass through completely, so objects on the other side can be seen clearly.
• Translucent pane: It allows only some light to pass through, so objects appear blurred or unclear.
• Opaque pane: It does not allow light to pass through, so objects on the other side cannot be seen.

Thus, the difference in what we see through the windows is due to whether the window pane is transparent, translucent or opaque.