HOW LIGHT ACTS AS A WAVE AND A PARTICLE

1. Describe what happens when light is:

When a light wave with a single frequency strikes an

object, a number of things could happen. The light
reflected wave could be absorbed by the object, in which case
its energy is converted to heat. The light wave could
be reflected by the object. And the light wave could
be transmitted by the object.

refracted

transmitted

absorbed

2. Explain how Newton and Descartes described the emergence of light in various
colors through prism.
3. Describe the following sample of waves:

water

stadium

sound

string

light
4. Explain how the propagation of light, reflection and refraction are explained by the
wave model and particle model of light.

Wave model Particle model of light

Propagation of light

Reflection

Refraction

5. Explain how the photon theory of light accounts for atomic spectra.
6. Explain why red lights is used in photographic dark rooms.
7. Why we get easily sunburned in ultraviolet light but not in visible light?
8. Why do we see colors?
9. Describe how Galileo and Roemer contributed to the eventual acceptance of the
view that the speed of light is finite.

Galileo Roemer

10. Cite experimental evidences showing that electrons can behave like waves.
11. Differentiate the following:

Dispersion

Scattering

Interference

Diffraction

12. Explain the following phenomena:

Your reflection on the concave

and convex sides of a spoon
looks different

mirages

Light from a red laser passes

more easily through red
cellophane than green cellophane
Clothing of certain colors appear
different in artificial light and
in sun light

Formation of rainbow

Why clouds are usually white

and rainclouds is dark
Why the sky is blue and sun set
are reddish
13. What are the contribution of the following in electricity and magnetism.

Franklin
Coulomb
Oersted
Ampere
Biot-Savart
Faraday
Maxwell

14.Describe how Hertz produce radio pulses.