Light Flashcards
Energy
Is the ability to do work
Unit of energy is the Joule
Plants use of light
To make food (photosynthesis)
Photo=Light
Synthesis = to make
Humans use of light
Solar panels
Crooke’s radiometer
Luminous
Objects that give off light
Non-Luminous
Objects that do not give off light, and need light , and need light to bounce off them for us to see them
Speed of light is
300,000,000m/s
Speed of sound in air is
340 m/s
Light travels in straight lines
We show this by blocking light from a bulb with card
Light does not travel around corners
Blocking the lights leads to shadows
Solar eclipse
Occurs when the Moon passes between the sun and the Earth
Lunar eclipse
Occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon , the Moon is in the Earth’s shadow
Light
Is a form of energy