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REST AND MOTION : PHYSICS
REST AND MOTION : PHYSICS
#1.If the position of an object does not change as time passes, it is said to be at rest.
#3.An object can be at rest with respect to one thing and in motion with respect to some other thing at the same time. So motion is not absolute; it is relative.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
PROPAGATION OF LIGHT : PHYSICS
PROPAGATION OF LIGHT : PHYSICS
#1.Light travels along straight lines in a medium or in vacuum. The path of light changes only when there is an object in its path or where the medium changes. We call this rectilinear ( straight-line ) propagation of light.
#3.Light rays start from each point of a source and travel along straight lines till they fall on an object or a surface separating two media (mediums). A bundle of light rays is called a beam of light.
#4.A part from vacuum and gases, light can travel through some liquids and solids. A medium in which light can travel freely over large distances is called a transparent medium. Water, glycerine, glass and clear plastics are transparent.
#5.A medium in which light cannot travel is called opaque. Wood, metals, bricks,etc.,are opaque.
#6.In Materials like oil, light can travel some distance, but its intensity reduces rapidly. Such materials are called translucent.
Saturday, October 13, 2018
SOME PROPERTIES OF LIGHT : PHYSICS
SOME PROPERTIES OF LIGHT : PHYSICS
#1.Light does not need a material medium to travel, i.e, it can travel through a vacuum too.The best example of this is light travelling from the sun to the earth across vast expanses of space that have no material ( or matter ). Compare this with sound, which is also a wave. Sound needs a material medium to travel.
#2.Light waves travel at a tremendous speed - whose value scientists have fixed at 299,792,458m/s. According to current scientific theories, no material particle can travel at a speed greater than that of light.
#3.The light that enables us to see has a very small wavelength - less than ten thousandth part of a centimetre.In Comparison, the wavelength of audible sound is of the order of a few centimetres to a few metres.
#2.Light waves travel at a tremendous speed - whose value scientists have fixed at 299,792,458m/s. According to current scientific theories, no material particle can travel at a speed greater than that of light.
#3.The light that enables us to see has a very small wavelength - less than ten thousandth part of a centimetre.In Comparison, the wavelength of audible sound is of the order of a few centimetres to a few metres.
#5.What is the nature of light? Is it made of material particles like electrons, protons or neutrons,or is it something else? Does a Source of light emit 'particles' of light, or does it cause some kind of wave motion in the space around it ? For centuries, scientist struggled with this question.
Although most common phenomena involving light can be understood by thinking of light as a wave, certain phenomena can be explained only if we think of light as being made up of particles.Scientists now understand that light shows the characteristics of both a wave and a particle.
Saturday, October 6, 2018
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