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Class worksheet-LIGHT: Wave or Particle

1. What is Rectilinear motion? Show it with a proper diagram.


Rectilinear motion is the movement of an object along a straight line. The object travels in a
constant direction without turning or curving. It can have a uniform speed (moving at the same
speed) or a non-uniform speed (changing speed).

Here's a simple diagram to show this:

Phenomenon Newtons Explanation Huygens' Principle


Explanation

Rectilinear According to Isaac Newton, light is composed of Light travels in straight lines
propagation particles called "corpuscles." These corpuscles because each point on a
move in straight lines unless they encounter an wavefront acts as a source of
obstacle, which is why light travels in straight lines secondary wavelets that
or rectilinearly. form a new wavefront.

Diffraction Newton struggled with explaining diffraction using Light bends around
his particle theory of light. He proposed that light obstacles or apertures as
particles might be slightly deflected by the edges of secondary wavelets spread
obstacles due to forces acting at a distance, but this out and interfere, creating a
explanation was incomplete compared to the wave pattern of light and dark
theory of light. bands.

Reflection Newton explained reflection by stating that light Each point on the wavefront
corpuscles bounce off surfaces similarly to how a reflects and creates
ball would bounce. The angle at which the light hits secondary wavelets, forming
the surface (angle of incidence) is equal to the angle a new wavefront at an equal
at which it bounces off (angle of reflection). angle to the incident wave.

Refraction Newton proposed that light particles change speed Light bends when changing
when entering a different medium. According to his mediums due to the change
theory, light particles accelerate when entering a in wave speed, with
denser medium, causing them to change direction, secondary wavelets bending
which he believed was due to an attractive force the wavefront toward or
between the light particles and the medium. away from the normal.

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