ASW Science: Fast 2 Date Lab Name:

Name Period Lab # PS #2

Problem: What happens to the area illuminated by a beam of light as the area moves away from its source?

Hypothesis The area of illumination will increase in area in all directions equally. This is because as the light source gets farther away, it will be further scattered amount of distance (and thus air particles). Personal experience also suggests this conclusion. Data Collection/Observation Table 2-3 Artificial Light Source_______________________ Distance Distance Area of illumination Observations from shield from light (cm2) to graph source to paper (cm) graph paper Prediction Observed (cm) 0 5 1x1 1x1 5 10 5x5 1.5x1.5 10 15 2x2 2x2 15 20 2.5x2.5 2.5x2.5 20 25 3x3 3x3 25 30 3.5x3.5 3.5x4 Table 2-5 Area illuminated by sunlight Distance Area of illumination Observations from shield (cm2) to graph Prediction Observed paper (cm) 0 1x1 1x1 5 1.5x1.5 1x1 10 2x2 1x1 15 2.5x2.5 1x1 20 3x3 1x1 25 3.5x2.5 1x1 Table 2-4 Candle Light______________________ Distance Distance Area of illumination from shield from light (cm2) Observations

to graph paper (cm) 0 5 10 15 20 25

source to graph paper (cm) 5 10 15 20 25 30

Prediction Observed 1x1 1.5x1.5 2x2 2.5x2.5 3x3 3.5x3.5 1x1 1.5x1.5 2x2 2.5x2.5 3x3 3.5x2.5

Summary Questions (if needed)/Conclusions 1.) Make two line graphs comparing the area illuminated by the light source and the distance the light shield is from the graph paper. On the first graph show the area of illumination and the distance from the shield. On the second graph show the area of illumination and the distance from the bulb.

a. At what distance from the bulb might the area of illumination be equal to zero? It depends on the variablespresence or absence of atmosphere, concentration of light beams, etc. Definitely greater than 10 meters. b. At what distance from the bulb will the area of illumination be 49 cm2? 64cm2? At 65 cm away, the area of illumination is 49 cm2. At 75 cm away, it will be 64 cm2. c. What are the relationships, if any, between the area of illumination and the distance from the shield? From the bulb? For every 5 cm away from the lightshield, the area of illumination increases by 0.5 cm2. The same holds true for the distance from the bulb. 2. Graph your data for the area illuminated by sunlight and the distance from the shield.

a. What are the relationships if any between the area of illumination and the distance of the graph paper from the shield? There are noneno matter the distance from the shield, the area of illumination remains at 1 cm2. b. What is your hypothesis for explaining the results shown on your graph? I suggest that this is because the sun creates rays of lightrather than spread out like a candle or flashlight beamat each point where the sunlight falls. Therefore the ray would not continue to create a larger area and instead be a 3. Repeat questions #1 a-c using data from candle light. a. At what distance from the bulb might the area of illumination be equal to zero? Again, it depends on the variablespresence or absence of atmosphere, concentration of light beams, etc. Probably observably less than five meters (because of the apparent fading of the candlelight, although the AoI from the lightbulbs and the candlelight are the same. b. At what distance from the bulb will the area of illumination be 49 cm2? 64cm2? Identical results to the lightbulb: at 65 cm away, the area of illumination is 49 cm2. At 75 cm away, it will be 64 cm2. c. What are the relationships, if any, between the area of illumination and the distance from the shield? From the bulb?

Identical to the lightbulb results: for every 5 cm away from the lightshield, the area of illumination increases by 0.5 cm2. The same holds true for the distance from the bulb.

4. Compare all of your graphs. Do you notice any similarities between the graphs? What differences do you notice between the graphs? The candlelight and the flashlight results are feasibly identicalfeasibly because there was some slight difference due to human error.

The sunlight data was not exponential like the other graphs: rather, it was a horizontal line. However, the flashlight and candlelight graphs curve up predictably. Between individual Distance from Lightsource and Distance from Lightshield the slope is identical but the y-intercept is five cm2 apart.