Introduction to Light / āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ, What is Light ? / āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
What is Light? / āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋ?
Light is a form of energy which enables us to see the objects around us. āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧰ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻŦā§ā§° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻā§ą āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- It moves in a straight line. āĻ āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- It can travel through vacuum. āĻ āĻļā§āύā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
- It travels through space. āĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻļā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Nature of Light / āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āϏā§āĻŦāĻāĻžā§ą
1. Wave Nature / āϤ⧰āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻāĻžā§ą: Light behaves as an electromagnetic wave. āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§-āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āϤ⧰āĻāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Wave Model / āϤ⧰āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻĄā§āϞ : Light shows reflection, refraction and diffraction.(āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ, āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
2. Particle Nature / āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻž āϏā§āĻŦāĻāĻžā§ą : Light consists of tiny particles called photons. āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻĢ’āĻāύ āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Particle Model / āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻĄā§āϞ : Light behaves like particles during photoelectric effect. āĻĢāĻā§āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ąāϤ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Source of Light / āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻā§āϏ
1. Luminous Objects / āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠: Objects that emit their own light are called luminous objects. āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: i. Sun / āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ ii. Bulb / āĻŦāĻžāϞā§āĻŦ iii. Candle / āĻŽāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ
2. Non-Luminous Objects / āĻ āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠: Objects that reflect light from other sources are called non-luminous objects. āĻāύ āĻā§āϏ⧰ āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻ āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϞā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: i. Moon / āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°, ii. Book / āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ, iii. Chair / āĻāĻā§
Speed of Light / āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ
Speed of Light in Vacuum / āĻļā§āύā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ : c = 3×108m/sc
- Approximately 300,000 km/s (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 300,000 km/s)
- Light travels extremely fast. (āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
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MCQ
1. What is light ? āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Matter / āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ B) Energy / āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ C) Gas / āĻā§āĻ D) Liquid / āϤ⧰āϞ
Ans: B) Energy / āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
Explanation: Light is a form of energy that enables us to see objects. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻā§ą āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
2. Light travels in which path ? āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻā§āύ āĻĒāĻĨāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Circular / āĻŦā§āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ B) Zig-zag / āĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§āĻ C) Straight line / āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž D) Curved / āĻŦāĻā§ā§°
Ans: C) Straight line / āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻž
Explanation: Light always travels in a straight line. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
3. The straight-line motion of light is called: āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞā§?
A) Reflection / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ B) Refraction / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖ C) Rectilinear propagation / āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§° D) Dispersion / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŖ
Ans: C) Rectilinear propagation / āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§°
Explanation: Rectilinear propagation means propagation in straight lines. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Rectilinear propagation āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§°āĨ¤
4. Light can travel through: āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻ’āϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§ ?
A) Air only / āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϤ B) Water only / āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ C) Vacuum / āĻļā§āύā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ D) Soil / āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ
Ans: C) Vacuum / āĻļā§āύā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
Explanation: Light can travel without any medium. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āύā§āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
5. Light behaves as an electromagnetic: āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§-āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋ ā§°ā§āĻĒā§ āĻāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§?
A) Atom / āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ B) Wave / āϤ⧰āĻāĻ C) Cell / āĻā§āώ D) Liquid / āϤ⧰āϞ
Ans: B) Wave / āϤ⧰āĻāĻ
Explanation: Light shows wave properties such as reflection and refraction. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĻā§°ā§ āϤ⧰āĻāĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
6. The tiny particles of light are called: āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°āĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϞ⧠?
A) Electrons / āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύ B) Protons / āĻĒā§ā§°’āĻāύ C) Photons / āĻĢ’āĻāύ D) Neutrons / āύāĻŋāĻāĻā§ā§°āύ
Ans: C) Photons / āĻĢ’āĻāύ
Explanation: Light consists of tiny particles called photons. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻĢ’āĻāύ āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
7. Which of the following is a luminous object ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠?
A) Moon / āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° B) Chair / āĻāĻā§ C) Book / āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ D) Sun / āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ
Ans: D) Sun / āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ
Explanation: Luminous objects produce their own light. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
8. Which is a non-luminous object ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāώā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠?
A) Bulb / āĻŦāĻžāϞā§āĻŦ B) Candle / āĻŽāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋ C) Sun / āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ D) Moon / āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°
Ans: D) Moon / āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°
Explanation: The moon reflects sunlight. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
9. The speed of light in vacuum is: āĻļā§āύā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
A) 3 × 10âļ m/s B) 3 × 10⡠m/s C) 3 × 10⸠m/s D) 3 × 10âš m/s
Ans: C) 3 × 10⸠m/s
Explanation: Light travels at about 300,000 km/s in vacuum. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻļā§āύā§āϝāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ 300,000 km/sāĨ¤
10. Which property of light explains shadow formation ? āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ āύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ ?
A) Reflection / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ B) Refraction / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖ C) Rectilinear propagation / āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ D) Dispersion / āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŖ
Ans: C) Rectilinear propagation / āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ
Explanation: Shadows form because light travels in straight lines. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āϏā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤