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Visible light wave sources. Light bulbs and stars are good examples.
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Where is visible light found in the electromagnetic spectrum?
Electromagnetism is manifest along a continuum between slower radio waves and faster energy gamma waves. Visible light can be found in the range between infrared light (slower than waves of visible light) and ultraviolet light (faster than waves of visible light).
What wave has wave lenghts between infrared and ultraviolet waves?
Visible light.
Who was the most visable signer of the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Why do light waves travel faster in empty air than in matter?
I believe it might be because the light has nothing to reflect off of so it would travel in a straight line
Waves that dont require a medium are called?
Light waves and 'radio' waves (i.e. infra red, UV, xray, etc.) At one time it was thought they did have a medium. A sort of 'gelatin' that went throughout the universe. The called 'the ether'. You see the term used a lot in radio magazines of the 1910s and 1920s.
How are light and radiant energy the same?
there both in the electro magnetic spectrum. the visable section is the colours we see and there are 3 other types on each end. the spectrum is : Radio waves Micro waves ( funnily enough they are used in microwaves) Infra-red radiation Visable light ultraviolet x-ray gamma ray
What are the 7 types of radiant energy?
Gamma rays- X-rays- Ultra voilet rays- Visable light- Infared rays- Microwaves- Radio Waves-
Visable light has a higher frequency than?
Infrared light.
What are 3 waves of radiation that come from the sun?
Electromagnetic waves found in sunlight are light waves, ultraviolet waves and cosmic waves.
Which part of the electro magnetic spectrum allows us to see?
visable light is what we can see because we cant see radio waves, micro waves, ultra violet, infa red, x-ray or gamma rays
Why do electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light?
Radio-waves, like light, are electromagnetic waves and hence travel at the speed of light.
Are light waves rotating waves?
Light waves can be expressed mathematically as either oscillating waves, rotating waves, pulsating waves or transient waves. It is up to the scientist to come up with a working model for the physical phenomena.
The electromagnetic waves on one side of the visable band are called?
The lower frequency waves are infrared, the higher ones are ultraviolet.
Are ultraviolet waves purple?
No, they are out of the visable spectrum so they do not have a colour.Ultra means above or beyond. So ultraviolet is the name given to the electromagnetic radiation that has energy beyond violet light.
What wavelength does white light from the sun have?
Visable light, Infra red and uv rays.
Is visable light the shortest of lights in wavelength?
Any light that is visible (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) will have a different wave length. Red being the longest and violet being the shortest. Light is on a thing called the electro-magnetic spectrum, which also includes X-rays, radio waves, micro waves and gamma rays. Visible light is in the middle of this spectrum.
What type of energy is visible and caused by vibrations?
visable energy is light such as sunlight, but now sure what energy is both visable and caused by vibrations
