Week 9 Assignment

Aliyah Gray

PART II: Class assignment (2 points per problem)

1. Why are light waves so different from ocean waves and sound waves?
Light waves are just one type of electromagnetic wave and are transverse
2. What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
The range of wavelengths or frequencies over which electromagnetic radiation
extends.
3. Fill in the blank: Sometimes light behaves like a wave and sometimes it behaves like a
particle. This is called the _________________________ of light.
Properties of light
4. What is wavelength and frequency?
wavelength: The distance between two successive peaks.
frequency: Is the number of waves that pass a certain point in a specified amount
of time
5. What is interference?
Interference occurs when several waves are added together provided that the
phase differences between them remain constant over the observation time.
6. If a wave travels with 20 wavelengths in 4 seconds, what is the frequency?
5
7. Describe refraction.
Bending of light when it travels through a medium
8. What do we call it when waves bend around a barrier or object?
diffraction
9. Rank each of the following from high energy to low energy: x-rays, infrared, ultraviolet,
visible light.
Visible light, x-rays, ultraviolet, infrared
10. Rank each of the following from longest wavelength to shortest: blue light, red light,
green light, yellow light, orange light.

Red, orange, yellow, green. blue