Practice Particle Nature Of Light (1.2) - Light and Optics

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Question 1.
Define what a photon is.
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Think about how light is composed.
Question 2.
What is the relationship between the frequency of light and the energy of its photons?
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Recall the terms high and low frequency.
3Question 3.
What is a photon?
- A type of wave
- A packet of light energy
- A color of light
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Think about how light is composed.
4Question 4.
True or False: Higher frequency light possesses lower energy photons.
- True
- False
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Remember the energy-frequency relationship.
Question 5.
Consider a material with a threshold frequency for electron ejection at 5 x 10^14 Hz. Calculate the minimum energy of a photon needed to eject an electron.
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Use Planck's constant for your calculations.
Question 6.
If red light has a frequency of approximately 4 x 10^14 Hz and blue light has a frequency of approximately 6 x 10^14 Hz, how does the energy of a blue photon compare to that of a red photon?
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Think about how the energy equation connects to frequency.

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