Light Properties
Your reflection in the mirror
What is a virtual image
An absence of color or when all color of light is absorbed
Portion of the EM that contains "black" light
Ultraviolet
Sir Isaac Newton
A convex lens does this to an image
Magnifies the image
A mixture of all colors
What is white.
Portion of EM that gives you warmth from a fire
Infrared
True or False: Light waves need a medium (matter) to travel through.
False
3.00 X 10^8 m/s
What is the speed of light
Red, green, blue
What are additive primary colors.
Portion of EM that is used to transmit information in cell phones
Microwave
Little packets (bundles) of energy
What is a photon
An effect of refraction is?
Mirage, scintillation, rainbow
Cyan, yellow, magenta
What are subtractive primary colors.
Portion of EM that is used in hospitals to treat cancer
Gamma Rays
Electromagnetic waves travel (oscillate) through what two fields?
Electrical and magnetic
An object reflects white light into individual colors.
What is a prism.
List the visible colors in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
List the order of the EM from lowest frequency to highest frequency.
radio, micro, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma
Quantum Theory of Light
Light travels as a wave, but interacts with matter as a particle.