10 Flashcards
Light is
Pure energy and has no mass
Light behaves much like
A wave of
The top of the wave is the
The bottom of the wave is the
Crest
Trough
Distance between each trough or each crest is
Represented by the symbol
Measured in
A wavelength
Lambda
Meters
Frequency
Units? Symbol?
of wavelengths that pass a given point per second
Hertz HZ
Nu (v)
Velocity
Wavelength * Frequency
What is a photon
Streams of tiny packets of energy
Light waves are also known as
Electromagnetic Radiation
ROY G BIV
Which way does energy go
Less energy ——- More Energy
E-M
Electromagnetic radiation
Most EM/light comes from ___ and is a result of _____
Within the atom
Excited electrons falling back to ground state
How do electrons move to higher energy levels. What is this called
By absorbing distinct amounts of energy called Quanta
The excited state
Electrons in the excited state are
Therefor
Unstable
They fall back to the “ground state”
What electrons are most stable
Those in the lowest energy level
When electrons fall
How fall it falls
It gives off EM radiation/light
Determines what type of radiation is emitted