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No. But it is quantized. That means that there issuch a thing as the smallest
possible interval of time, which can't be broken up into any smaller pieces.
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What force keeps even light from escaping a black hole?
Gravity, the force that keeps things from flying off our planet, is also the force that prevents light from leaving a black hole. A black hole is presumed to consist of matter so densely compacted that its gravitational force is sufficient to hold back even the highest energy particles known.
Are the small particles that all substances are composed of?
All substances are made from atoms and molecules, and their atomic particles. But solids are the only phase of matter made from discrete particles or crystals. For gases and liquids, the basic component is the molecule.
What does an atom consist of?
A nucleus, made of protons and neutrons, and elections.
How do you know electrons are particles?
Electrons are known to be particles because they have mass and interact with matter as particles do. However, they are also waves and interact as waves do. This causes confusion for many people.
Are particles big?
This completely depends on the matter you are referring to. If you are talking about sub atomic particles that no, they are minute. But you can also have a particle of dust which, yes, is big compared to some other particles.
What do neutrons consist of?
Neutrons consist of small particles, called "Quarks". Protons also consist of quarks, but what quarks is made of, is still not discovered.
Is Light has many of the properties of waves but light can also act as though it is a stream of?
... particles.... particles.... particles.... particles.
Light is made of what kind of particles?
You cannot classify the phase of matter of light. The particles of light are much different than the particles of ordinary matter. At a large level, if we take the measurements, the light is a transverse wave carried by disturbances in an electric field and a magnetic field, each in perpendicular oscillations to each other, and each perpendicular to the travel of the wave. At the smallest level possible, there is a smallest piece of which you could call light. These are called photons. They are also the force carrier particles of electric and magnetic forces. These particles have zero rest mass, but they have an effective mass when in motion at the speed of light
What force keeps even light from escaping a black hole?
Gravity, the force that keeps things from flying off our planet, is also the force that prevents light from leaving a black hole. A black hole is presumed to consist of matter so densely compacted that its gravitational force is sufficient to hold back even the highest energy particles known.
Why do charged particles not penetrate matter?
Charged particles are going to have a strong electromagnetic interaction with any matter that they encounter, since matter is also contains lots of charged particles. In effect, matter will present a great deal of solidity or substance to charged particles.
What does light travel in?
The simplest answer is that light consists of particles with wave properties. Elementary particles also have wave properties. This is how light travels.
What is the effect of heat on particles of matter?
as the temperature (heat) increases the kinetic energy also increases due to which the particles of matter start vibrating.
Which is true about particles that make up solid matter?
The same particles of matter that make up a solid are also the same particles of matter that make up a gas or a liquid. Basically matter consists of atoms. At the simplest level, the particles of atoms are electrons, protons and neutrons.
Is a light is a matter?
It is usually considered energy, but it is also made up of particles called photons. Although these photon are particles, their mass is zero. It has been experimentally determined that the mass MUST be less than 10^-51 gm. Since photon have no mass, they cannot be considered matter.
The kinetic theory of matter states that matter is made of particles whose speed is dependent on what?
The kinetic theory of matter states that matter is made of particles whose speed is dependent on their mass and temperature. The kinetic theory states that particles in matter are always in motion.
What wave can travel through space where there is no matter?
A light wave can travel through space. Otherwise, how would sunlight reach the Earth? Also, light does have wave-like structures, and it is made up of particles called photons.
Matter can absorb and reflect light?
Yes. Matter may also transmit light through it.
