Science 7

3rd Quarter

WEEK 5: CHARACTERISTIC OF LIGHT

Grade- 7 Archimedes
BRIEF HISTORY OF LIGHT

ISAAC NEWTON
"LIGHT BEHAVES LIKE A PARTICLE"
CHRISTIAN HUYGENS
"LIGHT BEHAVES LIKE A WAVE"
LOUIE DE BROGLIE
"LIGHT CAN BE A PARTICLE AND A WAVE "
JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
"ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY OF LIGHT"
WHAT IS LIGHT?
-IS A FORM OF ENERGY THAT TRAVELS
THROUGH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE
THREE TYPES OF LIGHT:
• TRANSPARENT MATERIAL

ALLOWS LIGHT TO GET THROUGH
• TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL

PARTY ALLOW LIGHT TO GET THROUGH
• OPAQUE MATERIAL

DO NOT ALLOW LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH
PROPERTIES OF LIGHT
1. REFLECTION
2. ABSORPTION
3. TRANSMISSION
 SOURCE OF LIGHT

 NATURAL - source of lights that are present

naturally in the universe and are not made by
humans

 ARTIFICIAL- man - made source of light

 LUMINOUS - light that emit their own light

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHT
INTENSITY

refers to the strength or amount of light
produced by a specific lamp source
The measure of the wave - length weighted
power by a light source .
defined to be power per unit area.
Watt (W) per square meter (m²)
TYPES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC
RADIATION.
Radio - used to broadcast radio and television.
Microwaves - used in cooking, radar, telephone,
and other signal.
Infrared - transmits heat from sun,,fires, radiators.
Visible Light - make things able to be seen.
Ultraviolet - absorbed by the skin used in
fluorescent tube.
X-rays - used to view inside of bodies and
objects.
Gamma - rays - used in medicine for killing
cancer cells.
ACTIVITY 1:

A B
Light a. Do not their own light.

Natural b. Man made source of light.

Artificial c. Is a form of energy that

travels though an
electromagnetic wave.
Luminous d. Light that present naturally in
the universe and are not made
by humans.
Non luminous e. Light source that emit their
own light.
Answer key:
Activity 1 :
1.c
2.d
3.b
4.e
5.a