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What is light classiified as when electrical and magnetic fields vibrate in a light wave?
Since light has these electrical and magnetic fields, it is a type of electromagnetic wave.
What is light an oscillation of?
Light is an electromagnetic wave, that is, an oscillation of both the electric and the magnetic fields.
What two properties of light confirm that light is wave?
Polarization and Interference confirm light is a wave.
Why do light waves not need a medium?
Their "medium" is space itself. A light wave is an electromagnetic wave - a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields, and those affect space itself.
What are two things that determine the color of a light wave?
the two things that determine the color of a light wave are its wavelength and the material it reflects from.
What is light classiified as when electrical and magnetic fields vibrate in a light wave?
Since light has these electrical and magnetic fields, it is a type of electromagnetic wave.
What is light an oscillation of?
Light is an electromagnetic wave, that is, an oscillation of both the electric and the magnetic fields.
Why can light travel through a vacumn?
That is because light is not an atom bumbing into the next atom (as in a sound wave), but changes in the electrical and magnetic fields. These can exist in empty space.That is because light is not an atom bumbing into the next atom (as in a sound wave), but changes in the electrical and magnetic fields. These can exist in empty space.That is because light is not an atom bumbing into the next atom (as in a sound wave), but changes in the electrical and magnetic fields. These can exist in empty space.That is because light is not an atom bumbing into the next atom (as in a sound wave), but changes in the electrical and magnetic fields. These can exist in empty space.
Would you still have light if you did not have magnetism?
No. Light is an electromagnetic wave. There can't be one without the other. Electric fields and magnetic fields are part of the same thing.
What two properties of light confirm that light is wave?
Polarization and Interference confirm light is a wave.
Why do light waves not need a medium?
Their "medium" is space itself. A light wave is an electromagnetic wave - a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields, and those affect space itself.
What do you mean when you say that light is a electromagnetic?
Electromagnetic wave, actually. That means that changes in both electric and magnetic fields propagate as a wave.
How do sound and light travel?
The travelling of light and sound are two contrasting things.The sound wave being a longitudinal mechanical wave requires a medium and makes use of the inertia and elasticity of the medium in order to progress.Whereas a light wave being an electromagnetic wave requires no medium to travel and propogates by means of changing electric and magnetic fields.
What are two things that determine the color of a light wave?
the two things that determine the color of a light wave are its wavelength and the material it reflects from.
What consists of vibrating electric and magnetic fields that move through space at the speed of light?
an electromagnetic wave
In which type of wave does light travel?
All the electro-magnetic waves travel at the speed of light. Electromagnetic spectrum includes the following: * X-rays * Gamma rays * Ultraviolet rays * Infrared waves * Microwaves * Radio waves * Cosmic rays
What the two natures of light?
Light has two natures that can be thought of as both a wave and a particle.
