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Read Section 4-2

Answer Questions on Page 134 #’s 1-4 and BELOW:

 

1.  What does it mean to say that energy is quantized?

 

2.  How is the energy of a quantum of radiant energy related to its frequency?

 

3.  Why do you not ordinarily observe the quantization of energy in the world around you?

 

4.  Connection-Biology

          People who work around X-Rays often wear film badges to monitor the amount of radiation to which they are exposed.  Why do X-Rays expose film in the badge when other kinds of electromagnetic radiation do not?

 

5.  Give two example of photoelectric cells and explain how they work.

 

 

6.  Could you use a highly intense beam of red light to eject electrons from the surface of a metal?  Explain your answer.