A RAY OF LIGHT IS A RAY THAT THE SUN PRODUCES AND IT SHINES ON STUFF
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Light, is electromagnetic radiation composed out of photons. A ray is a line with one end, and the other end extending to infinity. Thus a ray of light would be photons traveling in a given direction.
Colloquially, a ray of light is light that reflects off of dust in the air, giving the appearance of a glowing light shining down through the air.
One of the most complicated things to ask in history. Light is at the same time a particle and an electromagnetic wave. Read about the double slit experiment to understand that oddity (Double-Slit Experiment). A light ray is a narrow beam of light that is moving in a defined direction. The concept is used in optics to help explain the function of lenses and mirrors.
Resources
Double-Slit Experiment. (2008). Retrieved November 12, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment
Freudenrich, C. How Light Works. Retrieved November 12, 2008 from http://science.howstuffworks.com/light1.htm
A simplified model that helps people understand the behaviour of light when it reflects off mirrors and passes through lenses in which light is represented as a straight line or a ray that shows the direction the light wave is travelling
The sun shines its powerful, hot rays onto the ground. The light rays travel in light years, which is why we constantly feel the sun during the day. The only reason why we aren't burned by the rays of light is because the sun is so far away. Hope this helps!
As far as I am aware, there is no such thing as "a ray of moonlight". There is only light. A particle of light is called a "photon". The moon is visible to us because it reflects the light created by our Sun during the process of nuclear fusion in which hydrogen atoms are fused together to create helium atoms. This process creates heat and light, and some of that light hits the moon and is reflected back to your eye.
Rays of light are caused by light passing through a small appature, like a chink in a curtain. A torch is another example.
They go on "forever" until they "hit" something.
nothing they travel in straight line
light rays
Sun rays
Moonlight. it is the light that comes to Earth from the Moon. This light does not originate from the Moon, but is actually reflected sunlight. In many legends and fantasy games, moonlight is an important part of magical processes (for example, werewolves transform at full moon).
U-V rays; Ultra Violet Rays
At any time of the year they are 'RADIATION'.
The heat facouses all the rays back into the light this is how solar ovens focus the sun rays
Solar energy
No, Sun light rays are neither of these things. The light of the Sun is electromagnetic energy.
Yes.
Sun rays
It's plausible that someone might call them that, but no one I know does. They're electromagnetic rays, aka "light".
rays"gama rays"
The sun shines its powerful, hot rays onto the ground. The light rays travel in light years, which is why we constantly feel the sun during the day. The only reason why we aren't burned by the rays of light is because the sun is so far away. Hope this helps!
NO.the rays are just called rays
they are called UV, or Ultraviolet rays.
U-V rays; Ultra Violet Rays
Moonlight. it is the light that comes to Earth from the Moon. This light does not originate from the Moon, but is actually reflected sunlight. In many legends and fantasy games, moonlight is an important part of magical processes (for example, werewolves transform at full moon).
a prism will do that