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Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
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What Kind of Wave Is Light and What Vibrates to Make It? When an electric charge vibrates, the electric field around it changes, creating a changing magnetic field. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hajIIGHPeuU When a magnet moves, the magnetic field around it changes, creating a changing electric field.
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The magnetic and electric fields create each other again and again. An EM wave travels in all directions. So…. what kind of wave is light?
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What is Light Made of And How do We Know? Two Theories 1. Waves 2. Particles Photons!!
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Double Slit Experiment – Thomas Young 1803
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What Types of Light Are There? The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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R ed O range Y ellow G reen B lue I ndigo V iolet ROY G BIV How to Remember Order of Visible Light?
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What Does Light Have To Do With Astronomy? Age? Composition?
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Neon Argon Helium
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