In a thunder storm why do you see lightning before you hear thunder?
You see lightning before you hear thunder because light travels much faster (300,000,000 m/s) so it reaches your eyes before the sound from the thunder (330 m/s) reaches your ears.
Sound travels at 330 m/s. If you hear thunder 3 seconds after seeing the lighting, how far away is the thunder storm?
about 1km away (990 m)
Draw and label a transverse wave.
Movement of light in a straight line is referred to as . . . . . . . . . ?
rectilinear propagation
Why can't you see through a brick wall?
because light cannot penetrate through a brick wall
If you can see through an object we say the object is . . . . . . . . . .
transparent
If an object allow some light to go through we say the object is . . . . . . . . . .
Translucent
Which one of the following is a luminous object?
1) Comet
2) Sun
3) torch without batteries
1) Comet
2) Sun
3) torch without batteries
Sun
Kartensatzinfo:
Autor: Lerato
Oberthema: Physics 11-14
Thema: Light
Schule / Uni: Montessori Academy and College
Ort: Pretoria
Veröffentlicht: 08.02.2015
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