Visible Light
What acronym is commonly used to remember the sequence of colors in the visible spectrum?
What speed does light travel at through a vacuum?
300,000 km/s
200: What is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of a wave?
Wavelength
Transmission
Transmission occurs when a wave passes through a material or medium, moving from one side to another, often experiencing partial absorption or reflection
What is the collection of all colors of light combined together?
White Light
What form of energy does light travel as?
Electromagnetic radiation
What type of wave is a light wave, characterized by oscillations perpendicular to the direction of travel?
Transverse Waves
Absorption
Absorption is the process by which a wave transfers its energy to the material it encounters, causing the wave's amplitude to decrease as energy converts to internal energy, such as heat
What color of visible light has the longest wavelength and lowest frequency?
Red Light
What tiny packets or particles of energy make up light?
Photons
What term refers to the number of wave crests that pass a given point per second?
Frequency
Refraction
A wave changing direction when it speeds up or slows down
What color of visible light has the shortest wavelength and highest frequency?
Violet
What property causes light to bounce off a smooth surface like a mirror?
Reflection
What term describes the height of a wave, which determines the brightness or intensity of light?
Amplitude
What term describes the behavior when two waves meet and combine to form a new wave of greater or lower amplitude?
Interference
What cells in the human retina are responsible for detecting color?
Cones
What property describes light traveling in straight lines?
Rectilinear propagation
What material or substance is required for light waves to travel through space?
None/Vacuum
What term describes the scattering or spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around an obstacle?
Diffraction