SOURCE OF LIGHT AND SPEED OF LIGHT

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SURNAME, Given Name M.I.

Section and Group

• BSM CS 2A - G1
• BSM CS 2A - G2

It is produced in a source and is a form of energy which travels as an electromagnetic wave or radiation

• Heat
• Light
• Electricity
• Sound

How did Ole Romer attempt to estimate the speed of light?

• By using mirrors and lasers
• By observing the bending of starlight
• By studying Jupiter’s moon called Io and its frequent eclipse
• By measuring the reflection from water

A key instrument for measuring lengths and velocities with great accuracy, allowing for precise measurement of wavelength of light and speed of light.

• Spectrometer
• Interferometer
• Spectrodiameter
• Infernometer

It is a chemical reaction between substances including oxygen, which gives off heat.

• Decomposition
• Combustion
• Redox
• Neutralization

What is the numerical value of the speed of light?

• 299,792,485 m/s
• 299,782,478 m/s
• 299,792,467 m/s
• 299,792,458 m/s

He measured the speed of light in a vacuum to be approximately 301,000 kilometers per second.

• Ole Romer
• James Bradley
• Albert Einstein
• Leon Foucault

Hippolyte Fizeau also discovered that light travels faster in ________ than in ________.

• air, water
• glass, vacuum
• water, glass
• vacuum, air