WHAT IS LIGHT?
Part 2
Light is a form of energy!
Energy-the ability to make something move, happen, or change.
VIDEO
• Instructional Videos:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifbCsha7Syc - Bending
of light | Laser bending demonstration
LIGHT - WHAT WE SEE
LIGHT - WHAT WE SEE
•LIGHT- energy by wavelengths at a
level we can see.
•EM Spectrum- variety of wavelengths
and frequency. Light is small band
within.
Vocabulary
WAVELENGTH
Anything that causes
a disturbance and
transmits energy
through matter.
(ie: ripple on pond)
FREQUENCY
Number of waves in a
set time.
Decides energy level.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
VISIBLE LIGHT
(part of EM spectrum)
What We See
• In order for an object to be
visible, it must either give off its
own light (be a source of light)
or it must reflect light.
• The Sun, a candle flame, or a
flashlight gives off visible light.
• The Moon and many objects
around us reflect light in order
to be seen.
What We See
• The different colors of light are
revealed when white light is
passed through a prism and
• separated into the different
colors of the rainbow, called
spectrum.
• These colors are related to the
different amounts of energy in
white light.
• Each color represents a
different amount of energy.
TO SEE COLOR
•Different colors represent different
wavelengths.
•Blue- smaller wavelengths
•Red- larger wavelengths
•Color Order: ROY G BIV
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
COLOR
•Light, or “white light”, is made up of all colors of
light mixed together.
•If white light is passed through a prism, it can be
separated into light of different colors.
•The colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo, and violet.
•These are the colors seen in a rainbow.
COLOR
The prism does not create new colors, but
merely separates the colors that are already
there.
COLOR
RAINBOWS
•The rainbow is caused by sunshine (white light)
shining on water droplets that are in the air just
after a summer shower.
•Thousands of these water droplets break up the
light, just like Sir Isaac Newton's prism.
•Can you make a rainbow? Of course! Make your
own rainbow by turning on the garden hose, which
has a nozzle that will make a fine mist, or spray.
Make sure the sunlight is coming over your
shoulder. You have made a rainbow.
WHITE LIGHT
Adding color
makes WHITE
Deleting color
makesBLACK
COLOR
-decided by what absorbed.
If object reflects color,
that is what we see.
All color reflected =
white
If an object absorbs,
then it hides color.
All color absorbed =
black
LENSES
CONVEX
Thick in the middle, thinner
on the edges
Appear larger and closer
ie: eyeball, microscope,
telescope, magnifying
glass, glasses to correct
farsightedness
CONCAVE
Thinner in the middle, thick on the
edges
Appear smaller and more remote
ie: glasses to correct
nearsightedness
LENSES
Alters the direction of light
Convex
brings to focal point
Concave
spreads out
LENSES
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QUESTIONS

simple and understandable ppt on light..

  • 1.
    WHAT IS LIGHT? Part2 Light is a form of energy! Energy-the ability to make something move, happen, or change.
  • 2.
    VIDEO • Instructional Videos: •https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifbCsha7Syc - Bending of light | Laser bending demonstration
  • 3.
    LIGHT - WHATWE SEE LIGHT - WHAT WE SEE •LIGHT- energy by wavelengths at a level we can see. •EM Spectrum- variety of wavelengths and frequency. Light is small band within.
  • 4.
    Vocabulary WAVELENGTH Anything that causes adisturbance and transmits energy through matter. (ie: ripple on pond) FREQUENCY Number of waves in a set time. Decides energy level.
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    What We See •In order for an object to be visible, it must either give off its own light (be a source of light) or it must reflect light. • The Sun, a candle flame, or a flashlight gives off visible light. • The Moon and many objects around us reflect light in order to be seen.
  • 9.
    What We See •The different colors of light are revealed when white light is passed through a prism and • separated into the different colors of the rainbow, called spectrum. • These colors are related to the different amounts of energy in white light. • Each color represents a different amount of energy.
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    TO SEE COLOR •Differentcolors represent different wavelengths. •Blue- smaller wavelengths •Red- larger wavelengths •Color Order: ROY G BIV red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
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    COLOR •Light, or “whitelight”, is made up of all colors of light mixed together. •If white light is passed through a prism, it can be separated into light of different colors. •The colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. •These are the colors seen in a rainbow.
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    COLOR The prism doesnot create new colors, but merely separates the colors that are already there.
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    RAINBOWS •The rainbow iscaused by sunshine (white light) shining on water droplets that are in the air just after a summer shower. •Thousands of these water droplets break up the light, just like Sir Isaac Newton's prism. •Can you make a rainbow? Of course! Make your own rainbow by turning on the garden hose, which has a nozzle that will make a fine mist, or spray. Make sure the sunlight is coming over your shoulder. You have made a rainbow.
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    WHITE LIGHT Adding color makesWHITE Deleting color makesBLACK
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    COLOR -decided by whatabsorbed. If object reflects color, that is what we see. All color reflected = white If an object absorbs, then it hides color. All color absorbed = black
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    LENSES CONVEX Thick in themiddle, thinner on the edges Appear larger and closer ie: eyeball, microscope, telescope, magnifying glass, glasses to correct farsightedness CONCAVE Thinner in the middle, thick on the edges Appear smaller and more remote ie: glasses to correct nearsightedness
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    LENSES Alters the directionof light Convex brings to focal point Concave spreads out
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