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What Is Light CH 22.1 8th

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What is Light?

CHAPTER 22 SECTION 1
Objectives:

Describe light as an electromagnetic wave

Calculate distances traveled by light by using the


speed of light

Explain why light from the sun is important


Light: An Electromagnetic Wave

A type of energy that travels as a wave

Light does not require matter through which to travel

Electromagnetic Wave: can travel through empty space


or matter; consists of changing electric & magnetic fields

Electric & magnetic fields are perpendicular to each other


(at right angles) – also perpendicular to wave motion
Light – An Electromagnetic Wave

http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~physics/physics2/Formal2000/sstephens/elecmag.gif
Electric & Magnetic Fields:

EM waves are changing electric and magnetic fields

Electric field surrounds every charged object

Magnetic field surrounds every magnet

http://www.dannex.se/theory/pict/image122.gif
How EM Waves are Produced:

An EM wave can be produced by the vibration of an


electrically charged particle

Particle vibrates, electric field vibrates, magnetic


field is created

Carries energy released by the original vibration of


the particle
The transfer of energy as EM waves:
radiation

http://www.molphys.leidenuniv.nl/monos/smo/basics/images/wave_anim.gif
The Speed of Light:

Nothing is faster

In space (a vacuum), speed of light is: 300,000,000


m/s or 300,000 km/s

Light travels 880,000 times faster than sound

If you could run at the speed of light, you could


travel around the Earth 7.5 times in 1 sec!!!!!!
Math Focus:

Text page 634

How fast is light?


 Step 1
 Step 2
 Step 3

 Now its your turn…#1


Light from the Sun:

It takes about 8.3 minutes for light to travel from the sun
to the Earth

The Earth is 150,000,000km away from the sun

EM waves are a major source of energy for the Earth


 Photosynthesis
 Fossil fuels
 Some energy is lost to space…

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