Understanding Light and Electromagnetic Radiation

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What is the speed of light in vacuum?

  • 30,000,000 m/s
  • 299,792,458 m/s (correct)
  • 299,792 m/s
  • 3,000,000,000 m/s

Which wavelengths are usually defined as visible light?

  • 400–700 nanometres (correct)
  • 50–150 nanometres
  • 800–1000 nanometres
  • 100–300 nanometres

What are the primary properties of light?

  • Frequency, amplitude, speed, and refraction
  • Intensity, propagation direction, frequency or wavelength spectrum, and polarization (correct)
  • Color, speed, temperature, and reflection
  • Energy, mass, velocity, and refraction index

What are photons?

<p>Massless elementary particles representing the quanta of electromagnetic field (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main source of natural light on Earth?

<p>The Sun (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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