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Light travels in a vacuum at a speed sometimes called c, which is very close to 300,000 kilometers per second (or 300,000,000 meters per second if you prefer). Light will be observed to travel at slower speeds when it is passing through some form of transparent matter such as glass. If you examine light on a sufficiently small scale, however, you would discover that it always does travel at the speed c. When it is passing through transparent matter, the electromagnetic fields of atoms causes the light to move in a highly curved path, essentially like a skier doing a slalom course, even though the light will emerge from the transparent matter moving once again in a straight line. Light takes longer to pass through transparent matter because it is travelling a longer distance, not because it is actually any slower. But it seems to be slower.
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Which wave has a particle motion parallel to a wave motion?
All light waves are made up of particles called photons.
How does this motion relate to wave motion?
because motion is moving and wave motion has waves
What is a direction that a mechanical wave can displace its medium?
Both parallel and perpendicular to the motion of the wave at the same time/Perpendicular to the motion of the wave/Parallel to the motion of the wave - APEXPerpendicular to the motion of the wave.Parallel to the motion of the wave.Both parallel and pependicular to the motion of the wave at the same time.
What travels from one place to another during a wave motion?
Radio frequencies, UV rays, sound, light, and electricity travels from one place to another during a wave motion.
What describes the motion of the media for a surface wave?
The motion is parallel to wave direction The motion is both parallel and perpendicular to wave direction. The motion is perpendicular to wave direction.
Which wave has a particle motion parallel to a wave motion?
All light waves are made up of particles called photons.
What is the motion of light or sound wave called?
Propagation.
Does light energy travel in a wave motion?
Yes. Yes it does
Why light posses dual nature?
light travel as a wave but it carries photon which is consider to be a particle.so photon done function as a particle and wave motion made effect as wave.
How does this motion relate to wave motion?
because motion is moving and wave motion has waves
What is a direction that a mechanical wave can displace its medium?
Both parallel and perpendicular to the motion of the wave at the same time/Perpendicular to the motion of the wave/Parallel to the motion of the wave - APEXPerpendicular to the motion of the wave.Parallel to the motion of the wave.Both parallel and pependicular to the motion of the wave at the same time.
What travels from one place to another during a wave motion?
Radio frequencies, UV rays, sound, light, and electricity travels from one place to another during a wave motion.
What describes the motion of the media for a surface wave?
The motion is parallel to wave direction The motion is both parallel and perpendicular to wave direction. The motion is perpendicular to wave direction.
How does the motion of a wave change?
the motion of a wave changes when it moves
Who discovered light can move?
Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton were both responsible for the knowledge we have today on the motion of light. Huygens proposed his wave theory for light's motion and Newton proposed the particle theory in the 17th century. It is accepted today that light moves in both wave form and particle form at once.
What is the difference between bulk motion and wave motion?
In Bulk Motion, the actual object is moving along in a wave formation. In Wave Motion, only the wave is moving, not the material . Picture a 'wave' at a ball game. The people move up and down but not from seat to seat. This is Wave Motion.
Why is light called electromagnetic radiation?
Light is known as electromagnetic radiation because it has two complementary components which were found to be a magnetic field wave in synchronous motion with an electric field wave.
