Chapter 7 Flashcards
What is the heist point the way you called
It’s crest
What is a wave
A wave is described as a periodic back-and-forth motion that transmits energy
What is the lowest part of the wave called
The trough
What is a wavelength
A wavelength is the distance between any two corresponding points on successive waves for example crest to crest
What is the amplitude wave
The amplitude of the wave can be thought of as a measure of the waves strength the amplitude of a wave has to do with the waves hight it is equal to half the vertical distance between the crust in the trough
What is frequency of the wave
The frequency of a wave is the number of complete waves crest plus trough that passes by a point in a given time
What is the standard industry units for a frequency
The hertz HZ
What is the speed of the wave
The speed of a wavy simply the rate at which a wave travels
How fast does sound travel through air
Sound travels through air at a rate of 740 mph
331 m/s at ST P
What is the fastest wave and what is it speed
The fastest ways are lightwaves and they travel at the speed of more than 186,000 mi./s
What is the formula for a wave
P = λf
What’s is used for velocity
V
What’s symbol is used for wavelength
λ
What does the F stand for in the formula
P=λf
Frequency
Who propose the particle theory of light
Isaac Newton in 1704
Who proposed the wave theory of light
Christian Huygens
Who propose the electromagnetic theory of light
James clerk Maxwell in 1860
What is electromagnetic wave
There is an electric field and magnetic field vibrating at right angles to each other these two fields act together as a single wave
Which wave can travel through empty space?
Electromagnetic wave
What is the speed of all electromagnetic waves?
3.00×10(8) m/s In a vacuum
What symbol is used to denote electromagnetic waves including light
c
What is the exact speed of light in a vacuum
C=299,792,458 m/s (Exactly)
What is one the fundamental constants of the universe
The speed of light never changes or varies in a vacuum
What is the mathematical formula for the electromagnetic wave
C=λf
Because see which represents the electromagnetic wave is constant what is the relationship between the wavelength and the frequency?
Inverse relationship
Long wavelength electromagnetic waves must have a what frequency?
Low Frequency
Short wavelengths have what type of frequency?
Hi frequency
What is the shortest frequency of the electromagnetic radiation range
20 Hz
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
The electromagnetic spectrum is the arrangement of all forms of electromagnetic radiation in order of frequency and wavelength
Who showed that lite has a characteristics of both particles and waves
Max Planck in 1900 and Albert Einstein in 1905
What is the dual nature of light
Light has both the wave nature and a particle nature
What is Quanta ?
The small bundles or packets of energy found in electromagnetic radiation or called Quanta
What is the individual quantum of light
Photons