What is a light wave made of?

Answer 1

Visible light is the collection of all wavelengths of color from red to violet. It is white until certain wavelengths are absorbed or reflected to give colors. You can break visible light apart by using a prism, where you will end up seeing a rainbow (all those different wavelengths I stated). Light itself is a form of radiation (part of the EM spectrum) and delivered in packets of energy called photons. Light also travels in waves.

Answer 2

Answer 1Visible light is a type of electromagnetic radiation (approx. 400-700 nm wave length). Answer 2

• Visible light (commonly referred to simply as light) is electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the human eye, and is responsible for the sense of sight.
• Visible light is usually defined as having a wavelength in the range of 400 nanometers (nm), or 400×10−9 m, to 700 nanometers - between the infrared, with longer wavelengths and the ultraviolet, with shorter wavelengths.
• These numbers do not represent the absolute limits of human vision, but the approximate range within which most people can see reasonably well under most circumstances.
• Light wave a transverse so the vibrations are perpendicular to the way that it it traveling. like waves on a rope.
• Light waves do not need a medium to travel through.

Answer 3

A light wave is made of electromagnetic radiation composed of oscillating electric and magnetic fields. These fields propagate through space in the form of waves with different wavelengths, giving rise to the different colors of light that we perceive.

Answer 4

All light is made up of different waves, however white light consists of wavelengths of every color of light

Answer 5

Alternating perpendicular electric fields and magnetic fields exchanging energy.

Answer 6

Visible light is an element itself.

Answer 7

Light particles are called photons.