Created by Marietjie Louw
over 6 years ago
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Question | Answer |
what is light? | the connection between us and the universe the smallest quantity of energy that can be transported a photon |
what can we do through light? | we can experience distant stars look back at the beginning of existence itself |
what is a photon? | an elementary particle |
what can you do with a photon? | you can't split it you can destroy it you can create it |
what does light have? | photons wave-particle duality |
electromagnetic spectrum | energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation |
the electromagnetic spectrum consists out of | a range of wavelengths and frequencies waves and radiation that are harmful visible colours that look amazing gamma rays that have highest energy |
the wavelength of gamma rays | ten picometers |
a hydrogen atom is compared to a 1c as big as... | a ten cent compared to the Moon |
visible light is found at... | about 400 nanometers 700 nanometers |
what living organism is about the size of the frequency of visible light | bacteria |
radio waves | can be about the same size as the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs |
the biggest wavelengths we know can span from... | 10 000 km to 100 000 km |
all waves... | are the same, like patterns |
waves have this quality that differs from one wave to another | frequency (amount of waves per period in time) |
visible light is the only set of electromagnetic radiation that propagates when in... | water (H2O) |
a few qualities of light are... | interacts with matter is altered by matter used to gather information about the world around us |
how is light created? | a vast range of electromatic waves are created whan atoms or molecules move from one energy level to a higher energy level |
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