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What is the primary source of energy transfer in light?
What is the main characteristic of light that proves it is a wave?
What did Newton believe light was composed of?
What phenomena depend on the properties of light?
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What was the significance of Thomas Young's experiment in 1801?
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What was the theory of light proposed by Christian Huygens?
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What is the range of wavelengths of visible light?
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What is the order of colors in the visible light spectrum?
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What is the frequency of visible light compared to infrared waves?
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What percentage of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible light?
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What is the effect of too much visible light on human skin?
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Who can see ultraviolet light?
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What is the speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum?
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What is the characteristic of electromagnetic waves that allows them to travel through a vacuum?
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What happens to the frequency of electromagnetic waves as their wavelength decreases?
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What is the term used to describe the entire range of electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength?
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What is the characteristic of light that allows it to exhibit both wave-like and particle-like behavior?
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What is the shape of the wavefronts of a point source of light?
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