Light Energy Facts
Light Energy Facts
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| Interesting Light Energy Facts: |
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| Light travels at a speed of about 300,000 km/s. |
| The sunlight that we see here on Earth actually left the Sun 10 minutes before. |
| During photosynthesis, plants use light energy to create chemical energy. |
| UV lights are often used by forensic scientists to see details that are not seen by the naked eye. |
| Although humans cannot see UV light, some insects have the ability to see it. |
| Optics is the study of light. |
| The speed of light changes when traveling through different objects. |
| Light is a type of electromagnetic energy. |
| Light is made of tiny photons which contain lots of energy. |
| The intensity of photons is dependent upon the amount of energy they contain. |
| Space is dark because light is only visible when it has an object of which to bounce off. |
| Light energy is always moving and can therefore not be stored. |
| Light is also called electromagnetic radiation when speaking of light other than visible light. |
| Of all the forms of radiation and light on the electromagnetic spectrum, humans can only visibly see a very small amount of light. |
| The reason we see different colors of light is because each color has a different wavelength. |
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