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CH 15 PPT Lecture
CH 15 PPT Lecture
Pearson Physics
Prepared by
Chris Chiaverina
• He realized that the eclipses occurred earlier when Earth was closer
to Jupiter and later when Earth was farther away. The difference is
illustrated in the figure below.
• These are the waves that are used in both radio and
television broadcasting. In addition, molecules and
accelerated electrons in space give off radio waves, and
radio astronomers can detect these waves with large
dish receivers like those shown in the figure below.
• Not all colors are produced by sources of light like the color dots on
a TV screen. Sometimes color is produced by subtracting, or
removing, some of the colors in white light. This is done with
pigments, like those used in paints and dyes.
• Yellow paint (pigment) looks yellow because it absorbs blue light
and reflects red and green light to our eyes. We see the
combination of these two colors as "yellow." This is shown in the
figure below.
• Similarly, a cyan pigment absorbs red light and reflects green and
blue. A magenta pigment absorbs green light and reflects red and
blue light.
• Cyan, magenta, and yellow are known as the subtractive primary
colors. They are the colors that can combine to produce any desired
color by subtracting light (see figure below). If all three subtractive
primaries are combined, they subtract all colors from light, leaving
black.
• The figure below shows light passing through two polarizers. The
first filter is labeled the polarizer, and the second polarizer is
referred to as the analyzer.