Topic 3.

1 – Answers to Check and Reflect Questions #1, 2 and 4

1. The properties that light and waves have in common are:

a. They are both a form of energy
b. They both travel out in all directions
c. They are both waveforms
d. They both have wavelength, frequency and amplitude
e. They both travel at a particular speed

2. More energy = frequency increases and wavelength shortens/decreases

Less energy = frequency decreases and wavelength lengthens/increases

3. Omit

4. When white light passes through a prism, light refracts and splits up into
the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV – red, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo, violet)
a. Red has the least energy, longest wavelength and lowest frequency
b. Violet has the most energy, the shortest wavelength and the highest
frequency

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