Daily Question - 3/31/2024
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Today’s question is: What is light in the form of?
A) A particle (photons)
B) A wave (electromagnetic waves)
C) Both
Answer
Both! Light can exhibit properties of both a wave and a particle. This characteristic is called wave-particle duality. For example, when light is emitted from a nearby galaxy, it has the characteristics of a wave because it has a wavelength and a frequency that we can observe with our telescope. Light is also a particle, one that is called a photon. A photon is a quanta of light meaning that it carries small packets of energy in a vacuum at the speed of light(300,000 km/sec). The wave-particle duality suggests that all particles, including photons (particles of light), exhibit both wave-like and particle-like properties. For example, an electron can be a particle and a wave. So instead of thinking of electrons as charged particles orbiting around a nucleus, it can also be considered as a wave, interacting with other electrons/waves.
