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Ch 14:1
Light
Light is a Wave
Light is a Particle
Light is Both
Visible Light
White light in
8p
10
8p
10
Prism
photon
out
(blue)
energy in
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Visible Light is a very small part of the entire Electromagnetic (EM) Spectrum.
Infrared Visible UltraLight violet
Microwaves
Low Energy
Low Frequency
Long Wavelength
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Radio waves
A prism uses
refraction to separate
the different
wavelengths (colors)
of visible light.
EM Spectrum
X-rays
Gamma
Rays
High Energy
High Frequency
Short Wavelength
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Ch 14:1
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Radio waves
Infrared
3.
Ultraviolet
4.
X-rays
EM Spectrum
5.
Gamma rays
Energy Level
6.
Microwaves
1.
Photon
2.
3 x 108 m/sec
3.
Prism
4.
Light
5.
6.
1.
Ultraviolet
X-rays
Visible
Microwaves
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Why do we see lightening and hear the thunder a few seconds
later?
Ultraviolet
X-rays
Visible
Microwaves
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Find the period of a 10 Hz wave.
You hear a thunder 3 seconds after you see the lightening. How
far away is the storm?
You are in a concert hall and yell up to the ceiling. It takes 1 second for the echo to come back to you. How high is the ceiling?
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