Light Flashcards

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1
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Energy

A

Is the ability to do work

Unit of energy is the Joule

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2
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Plants use of light

A

To make food (photosynthesis)
Photo=Light
Synthesis = to make

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3
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Humans use of light

A

Solar panels

Crooke’s radiometer

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4
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Luminous

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Objects that give off light

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Non-Luminous

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Objects that do not give off light, and need light , and need light to bounce off them for us to see them

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6
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Speed of light is

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300,000,000m/s

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7
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Speed of sound in air is

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340 m/s

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8
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Light travels in straight lines

A

We show this by blocking light from a bulb with card

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9
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Light does not travel around corners

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Blocking the lights leads to shadows

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10
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Solar eclipse

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Occurs when the Moon passes between the sun and the Earth

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Lunar eclipse

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Occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon , the Moon is in the Earth’s shadow

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12
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Light

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Is a form of energy

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