Light Crash Course Flashcards
What is light
A wave
Light
Electromagnetic radiation
Wavelength
Distance between crests of waves
Light with a longer wavelength has less energy
True
Light with loner wave length is
Redder
Light with shorter wavelength is
Bluer
Red temperature
Cooler
Blue temperature
Hotter
Hygins principle
R (distance traveled) = v (velocity) • t (time)
Doppler effect
Change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to its source
Long distance between two objects results in?
Long wavelengths with low frequency
If the distance between two objects is short it produces
Shorter wavelengths with higher frequency
As an object moves farther from us it has a lower frequency and longer wavelengths. What is this called?
Red shift
When an object is moving towards us the wavelengths form higher frequencies and get shorter. What is this called?
Blue shift
The Doppler effect
It’s the apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by the relative motion between the source of the wave and the observer