PROPAGATION OF LIGHT

REFLECTION AND REFRACTION

THE WAVE AND PARTICLE MODEL OF LIGHT
 OBJECTIVES:
• Explain the wave and particle
models of light

• Understand reflection and

refraction
✓

• Explain the propagation of light

using the wave model and particle
model
BRAIN TEST
 BRAIN TEST
HE PROPOSED THAT LIGHT IS COMPOSED OF
PARTICLES THAT ARE TRAVELLING IN A
STRAIGHT LINE.
a. Christian Huygens
b. Isaac newton
 BRAIN TEST
HE PROPOSED THAT LIGHT IS COMPOSED OF
PARTICLES THAT ARE TRAVELLING IN A
STRAIGHT LINE.
a. Christian Huygens
b. Isaac Newton
 BRAIN TEST
the change in direction of a wave passing from one
medium to another caused by its change in speed

a. REFLECTION
b. REFRACTION
 BRAIN TEST
_________ speculates that a light source emits
light waves that spread in all directions.

a. Wave Theory
b. Particle Theory
THEORIES OF LIGHT

IS LIGHT A
WAVE OR A
PARTICLE?
RENE DESCARTES
According to RENE
DESCARTES, light
was a mechanical
property of
luminous object
and a transmitting
medium
PARTICLE THEORY
OF LIGHT
ISAAC NEWTON
Light is composed of
particlesof matter
called corpuscles
which are emitted in
all direction from a
light source
 PARTICLE THEORY OF LIGHT
The particle theory of light pointed to
reflection as evidence that light
consists of individual particles that
bounce off of objects. Newton
believed that refraction could be
explained by his laws of motion, with
particles of light as the objects in
motion.
WAVE THEORY
OF LIGHT
CHRISTIAN HUYGENS,
According to CHRISTIAN
HUYGENS,wave theory
speculates that a light source
emits light waves that spread in
all directions.
WAVE THEORY
OF LIGHT
 WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT
Light coming from a source sends
out waves in a medium called
ether. A medium is not necessary
for the propagation of waves
 WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT

Light is characteristics form

of energy and has wave
 According to Huygens, light is
propagated in the form of waves,
through a continuous medium.
Huygens assumed the existence of
invisible, elastic medium called
ether, which pervades all space.
DUAL PROPERTIES OF LIGHT (WAVE
AND A PARTICLE)
REFRACTION AND REFLECTION
OF LIGHT ACCORDING TO
PARTICLE AND WAVE THEORY
 REFRACTION
Refraction is the bending of light
or sound as it passes through
something
 REFLECTION
The bouncing back of the
light to the incident medium
after hitting a shiny surface
KNOWLEDGE
good
TEST
luck
Light is propagated in the
forms of _______?

a. wave
b. particle
Who proposed the WAVE
THEORY OF LIGHT?
a. Christian Huygens
b. Isaac Newton
The bouncing back of the light to
the incident medium after hitting
a shiny surface
a. reflection
b. refraction
What are the two (2) dual
properties of light?
a. wave and particle
b. elastic and corpuscle
 What theory of light pointed to
reflection as evidence that light consists
of individual particles?
a. Wave Theory of Light
b. Particle Theory of Light
 6. REFLECTION is the bending of light rays

7. Wave theory is proposed by Christian Huygens

8. There are two properties of light

true or false

RENE
DESCARTES
10. According to wave theory
( Christian Huygens) light
source emits light waves that
spread in all directions.