LIGHT

Characteristics of Light, Sources, Speed,

Intensity and Color

 Light
Is an electromagnetic wave,
means it doesn’t need a medium
in order to propagate.
Light travels in a straight path.
Made up of photons.
 Light
It has a speed of 299, 792,
458 meters per second or
it takes 499 seconds or 8
minutes to travel from sun
to the earth
Sources of Light

Natural source of light,

considered as luminous
body ( objects that is Artificial Sources
capable of producing it’s of light
own light.)
 Scientist that study how Light
behaves

Isaac Newton Christian Huygens Louie De Brogile James Clerk Maxwell

“ light behaves like “ light behaves like “ electromagnetic

a particle “
“ light can be particle
a wave theory of light”
and a wave”
 LIGHT
Dual In Nature: Particle nature and wave
nature
 LIGHT
Vibration of electric and magnetic fields
Electromagnetic
Spectrum
 Characteristics
of Light

Intensity Color
 Intensity
 power of light
 quantity that measures the amount of light
illuminating the surface
 photometry is the science of measuring the
intensity or brightness of light
 luminous intensity is the amount of light that the
objects produce, measured in terms of candela
 Intensity
-The higher the amplitude corresponds
to a brighter light while the lower
amplitude corresponds to the dimmer
light.
Color
 Color
As the wave length increases, the frequency
decreases
 Color
Red has the longest wavelength, and violet
has the shortest wavelength.
 Color
Red has the lowest frequency, and violet has
the highest frequency.
 Color
The color white represents
the combination of all the
wavelengths of visible light,
while black is the absence of
the wavelengths.