Professional Documents
Culture Documents
electromagnetic waves.
Think about This:
The speed of light is about 300,000,000 m/s.
Light travels about 880,000 times faster than
sound.
If you could run at the speed of light, you could
travel around the earth 7.5 times in 1 second.
Thats Fast!!!!
5-2
Electromagnetic Spectrum
The entire range of EM waves is called the
electromagnetic spectrum.
The electromagnetic spectrum is divided
into regions according to the length of the
wave.
5.3
Reflection happens when light waves bounce
off an object. Light reflects off surfaces
the same way a ball bounces off the ground.
Beam of light
traveling
toward the mirror.
Regular Reflection
vs.
Diffuse Reflection
5.4
Transmission-Reflection-Absorption
Light is transmitted , reflected, and absorbed
when it strikes the glass in a window.