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The Nature of Light

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The  Nature  of  Light  

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Light  Energy;  •  Comes  from  the  sun      •  Allows  photosynthesis  

•  Travels  at  high  speed  

•  Travels  in  a  straight  line  

•  Travels  as  a  wave  

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Wave  Proper>es  

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Types  of  Electromagne>c  Waves  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Cell  phone  

(radio)  Microwave   Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays   Cancer  therapy  (gamma  rays)  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Cell  phone  

(radio)  Microwave   Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays   Cancer  therapy  (gamma  rays)  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Cell  phone  

(radio)  Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Cell  phone  

(radio)  Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays   Cancer  therapy  (gamma  rays)  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Cell  phone  

(radio)  Microwave   Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays   Cancer  therapy  (gamma  rays)  

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Electromagne>c  Spectrum  Cell  phone  

(radio)  Microwave   Remote  

(Infrared  rays)  Sunburn  (Ultraviolet  

rays)  

X  Rays   Cancer  therapy  (gamma  rays)  

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What  is  White  Light?  

•  white  light  is  a  mixture  of  all  the  colours  (wavelengths)  of  visible  light  

•  think  of  white  light  as  the  en>re  spectrum  hiLng  an  object  

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Richard  Of  York  Gave  Ba2le  In    Vain  

R  O  Y    G    B  I  V  

(Roy  G.  Biv)  

What  is  White  Light?  

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Richard  Of          York        Gave      Ba2le            In        Vain  R                      O            Y                    G.                B                          I            V            

Larger    Wavelength  

Smaller  Wavelength  

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Colour  of  Opaque  Objects  

•  What  does  it  mean  for  an  object  to  be  a  certain  colour?      -­‐it  means  it  only  reflects    

                     THAT  colour  of  light      -­‐grass  is  green    

                     because  it  reflects                        green  light  –  the                        reflected  green  light                        travels  to  our  eyes  

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What  Colour  is  a  Tomato?  •  under  white  light    under  green  light  

•  a  red  object  can  only  reflect  red  light  •  if  there  is  no  red  light  to  reflect,  the  object  absorbs  all  the  other  colours  and  appears  black