Nature of Light

What is the contribution of James Clerk Maxwell?

• double-slit experiment

• photoelectric effect

• shadow experiment

• using electromagnetic wave properties

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

What is the contribution of Albert Einstein?

• double-slit experiment

• photoelectric effect

• shadow experiment

• using electromagnetic wave properties

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

Light is composed of tiny particles called corpuscles.

• Aether

• Plenum

• Corpuscles Theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Electormagnetic radiation travels through a vacuum at a speed of 

• 186,000 m/s.

• 125 m/s

• 3.00 x 10⁸ m/s

• It depends on the wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which of the following occurs as a light wave bends when it passes from one medium into another?

• constructive interference

• refraction

• destructive interference

• reflection

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Light in the form of a particle that has discrete amount of energy is called a

• Charm

• Photon

• Exciton

• Muon

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Wavelength and Frequency are related in that...

• they are always the same

• when one increases, the other decreases (inversely proportional)

• there is no correlation

• they both vary in an irregular pattern

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The _______________ determines the color of visible light.

• wavelength (and frequency)

• speed

• amplitude

• particles of the medium

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

All electromagnetic waves are...

• transverse waves and have the same frequency

• transverse waves and have the same speed

• mechanical waves and have the same wavelength

• longitudinal waves and have the same energy

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

When light hits a different medium it can

• be reflected

• be absorbed

• be transmitted

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2