Theories of Light
What theory states that light actually consists of electromagnetic wave, not particles?
Wave theory of light
Scottish physicists who demonstrated that light consists of two transverse waves oscillating at right angles to each other.
James Clerk Maxwell
Yellow
Subtractive Primary
Concave or convex: A side view mirror
Convex
true or false: Different waves of light are not always aligned in the same plane
true
What theory was developed by Isaac Newton and is accepted only through Newton's reputation?
The particle theory of light
Heinrich Hertz
Additive Primary
Concave or convex: The scooping side of a spoon
concave
light as consisting of tiny bundles or packets of energy
photons
What fallacy did Newton make when proposing his theory of light?
Argument from authority
Sir Isaac Newton
Blue
Additive Primary
The term for the twinkling of stars cause by refraction of light
scintillation
A beam of light containing waves that are all aligned in the same direction is said to be....
polarized
What phenomenon states where light above a certain frequency can knock electrons loose from atoms of certain metals?
The photoelectric effect
This physicist helped develop the quantum theory of light and is thought to be one of the greatest minds of the century.
Albert Einstein
White
a mixture of all colors
The light fringes that result from constructive interference of light waves coming from different parts of the slit.
antinodes
any scientific technique that analyzes a substance or phenomenon by observing a light spectrum.
Spectroscopy
What theory of light states that light has both a wave nature and a particle nature
quantum theory of light
Dutch physicists who proposed an early version of the wave theory of light.
Charles Huygens
Black
The process in which colors that depend on the viewing angel are produced by interference
iridescence
the subtraction or mixture of colors to create another color is consider an __________ of that color.
illusion