Question

Do all types of light change materials in the same way

Answer 1

Light can be reflected, transmitted, or absorbed. You have read that EM waves can interact with a material medium in the same ways that mechanical waves do. Most things are visible because they reflect light. The two other forms of interaction are transmission and absorption.

Answer 2

Transparent and translucent materials transmit most of the light that strikes them, but not all of it. Light can also
reflect off these materials. When light reflects, it is bouncing off something. Windows transmit most of the light that strikes them, but they also reflect light. If you have a lamp turned on near a window at night, you can see the reflection of the lamp in the window.
Transparent and translucent materials also absorb some of the light that strikes them. When something absorbs light, it is soaking up the light. When light is absorbed by an object, the light energy changes to heat energy and the object heats up. If you touch a window that has been in the sunlight, you will notice that it is warm.
Opaque materials do not transmit any light. All of the light that strikes an opaque material is reflected or absorbe