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Krafft Chapter 27
Krafft Chapter 27 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| photon | In the particle model of electromagnetic radiation, a particle that travels only at the speed of light and whose energy is related to the frequency of the radiation of the wave model. |
| light year | the distance light travels through a vacuum during one year |
| electromagnetic wave | a wave that is partly electric and partly magnetic and carries energy. Emitted by vibrating electric charges |
| electromagnetic spectrum | the range of electromagnetic waves extending from radio waves to gamma rays |
| infrared | electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than the red of visible light |
| ultraviolet | electromagnetic waves of frequencies higher than those of violet light |
| opague | term applied to materials that absorb light without reemission and do not allow them through |
| ray | a thin beam of light |
| shadow | a shaded region that results when light falls on an object and thus cannot reach into the region of the far side of the object |
| umbra | a darker part of a shadow where all the light is blocked |
| penumbra | a partial shadow that appears where light from part of the source is blocked and light from the another part of the source is not blocked |
| polarization | the aligning of vibrations in a transverse wave, usually by filtering out waves of other directions |
| transparent | term applied to material that allows light to pass through them in a straight line |