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Self-reflection:
The past couple of months I can honestly say that I learned something in physics although there is a lot to
take in and there lots of activities. I enjoyed the group activities. the activities really does need cooperation and mind.
All of the things we do are related to the lesson. I will always remember the activity which we build a house using only
tape, yarn and newspapers.
This quarter we tackled almost all about waves, but before entering the Physics two, we reviewed about our
Physics One. The things I remember about Physics are that it is the fundamental of all sciences. Physics is
everywhere the seen and unseen. Physics have branches; some branches are Optics, Mechanics, Biophysics,
Thermodynamics, Geophysics, Astrophysics and Nuclear Physics. In Physics Two we are concern about Sounds and
Optics.
In entering the real lessons we should learn about waves, its types, behavior, parts and the laws concerning
it. From what I understand, a wave is rhythmic disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space. A wave
carries energy without transferring matter from one place to another. There are many types of waves; we have the
electromagnetic waves and mechanical waves. Waves are all around us, from the sounds we hear, the wave of the
relaxing ocean to the dangerous earthquake. Gamma rays, X-rays, Ultraviolet Rays, Microwave, Infrared and
radiation, those are waves.
In a Transverse wave, matter moves in the medium back and forth perpendicularly to the direction that the
wave travels. In Longitudinal waves, matter moves in the medium parallel to the direction of the wave. There are five
wave terms, the frequency, period, amplitude, wavelength and speed. Frequency (f) is the number of waves
produced in a given point in each second (Hertz=
We should always remember that the first harmonic is the fundamental tone, the second harmonic is the first
overtone, the third harmonic is the second overtone and so on.
The index of reflection (n) of a material is a dimensionless constant obtained by dividing the speed of light in
a vacuum by the speed of light in a material and has a formula, n=c/v. The index of refraction is always greater than
1. The law of reflection states that the incident, reflected, and refracted rays and the normal to the surface all lie in
the same plane. Also, the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence for all wavelength and for any pair of
materials.
Optics is the branch of physics which deals with the behavior of light and other electromagnetic waves. This
is divided into two. These are geometric optics which is the branch of optics representing waves in terms of rays.
Another one is physical optics which is a branch of optics dealing specifically with wave behavior. Light is a form of
energy visible to the human eye that is radiated by moving charged. Light travels in a straight line at a speed of
186,000 miles/s or 3x10
8
m/s. The real nature of light is dualistic which means it can be a particle or a wave. If the
energy comes from heat, then the source is called incandescent. If the energy comes from another source such as
chemical or electric energy, the source is called luminescent. The machine that produces an artificial electron is
called synchrotron. A particle of light is called photon has energy E that is related to the wavelength and the
frequency of the light wave by the Einstein equation. E=hf=hc/, where c is the speed of light and h is another
universal constant called Plancks constant. Light waves are three dimensional.
Plane mirrors are polished, flat surfaced that reflects light. It has two parts the silver and the mirror. Plane
mirrors. . Mirrors produce images by reflecting light. Image location is the location in space where all the reflected
light appears to diverge from. . Virtual images are images which are formed in locations where light does not actually
reach. Light does not actually pass through the location on the other side of the mirror; it only appears to an observer
as though the light is coming from this location. Real images are formed by curved mirrors. When rays reflected by a
mirror or refracted by a lens intersect, the image formed is real image. For flat mirrors the Law of Plane Mirrors states
that "the image is always the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of the mirror." The image,
I, and the object, O, are always line up along the same normal. The image is upright, but left-right reversed. A
spherical mirror is a mirror which has the shape of a piece cut out of a spherical surface. There are two types of
spherical mirrors: concave, and convex. We have the mirror formulae; 1/p + 1/q = 1/f , f= R/2 where; p is the objects
distance, q is the images distance, f is the focal length and r is the radius of curvatance.
I learned a lot of things about physics. I hope there is much to learn in physics. I also hope that I can pass
the periodical test, thank you for the effort that our industrious teacher gave us.