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Properties of Light
The Nature of Light
Properties of Waves
The Visible Light Spectrum
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Light can be classified as a wave and a ______________?

Particle

100

Frosted windows are an example of what type of material

What is translucent

100
The highest point of a wave is called...
the crest
100

What colour is produced when all Visible light is absorbed?

Black

100

Sunscreen protects from this type of radiation.

Ultraviolet radiation

200

Wavelengths you can see with your naked eye are called ________.

visible light

200

When no light can pass though an object.

What is opaque

200
The distance from crest to crest is called...
a wavelength
200
What are the colours of the rainbow?
ROY G. BIV (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet)
200

EMR with the longest wavelength

Radiowaves

300
Light waves striking an object and bouncing off is called...
reflection
300

The first person to name the particles of light.

Who is Albert Einstein

300
The lowest point of a wave is called the...
trough
300

This light is the sum of all the colours in the spectrum

White light

300

All objects emit this type of wave as heat

infrared waves

400
waves bending or changing directions as they pass from one material to another is called...
refraction
400

The name of the particles of light

What is Photon

400

The number of wavelengths that pass a set point per second is called...

frequency

400
which colour has the longest wavelength?
Red
400

The EMR with the shortest wavelength?

Gamma

500

What diagram is used to show light travels in straight lines.

Ray diagram

500

When light rays hit a convex mirror what sort of image does it produce?

virtual image

500

In this type of wave, matter moves perpendicular to the direction that the wave is traveling.

A transverse wave

500

Spectrums are produced in prisms due to this.

What is refraction

500

satellites can use this type of electromagnetic radiation to send and receive information.

microwaves