Nature of Light and Electromagnetic Radiation
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These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to the nature of light and electromagnetic radiation.
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Electromagnetic Radiation
A type of radiation that includes visible light, which propagates as waves.
Speed of Light
The speed at which electromagnetic waves propagate in a vacuum, approximately 300,000 km/s.
Wave Model
A model of light that represents it as a wave, specifically an electromagnetic wave that can travel through a vacuum.
Particle Model
A model of light that describes it as composed of photons, massless particles that carry energy.
Photons
Massless particles that make up light, each carrying a small amount of energy.
Quantum Mechanics
A branch of physics that studies quantization of energy at small scales, developed from the study of electromagnetic radiation.
Duality of Wave-Particle
The concept that light exhibits both wave-like and particle-like properties.
Context Model
The framework used to analyze and interpret scientific information, in this case regarding light.
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