Question

The path of light is:
A) Ray.
B) Image.
C) Wave.
D) None of these.

Answer 1

Hint:Light is electromagnetic radiation and it is a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which can be seen by the human eye. An electromagnetic radiation is the wave which is propagating through space.

Complete step by step solution:
The light is a part of electromagnetic radiation and the light’s path is known as the ray. The light can pass through empty space but the sound cannot pass through the empty space because light is a transverse wave and the sound cannot pass through the particle nature as the sound needs material to propagate. The sound is nothing but the vibration which is transferred when particles collide with each other but light has a wave nature in which it doesn’t need any particle for its propagation. So the path of light is known as ray.

The correct answer for this problem is option A.

Additional information:The light has many applications and the sunlight is the source of life on the earth. The light does not need any medium and therefore the sunlight reaches from the sun to the earth surface and we all can harness its energy but the sound has different characteristics and unless the light it needs a medium to travel. A visible sun light comprises the seven different colours and all combined together.

Note:The ray of light allows us to see all the objects. When a light propagates and gets to an object and after reflection from the object the light will form an image in the retina of the human eye and this is how we humans can see any object.