im studying bees and its fascinating! it mentions polarized light and i cannot seem to grasp exactly what it is. simple answers please and maybe a illustration or two? thanks. helen
2007-05-17 03:28:37 · 4 answers · asked by silkcurtin 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The easiest explanation is like u are looking though a Venetian blinds .Now it would be obvious that the light waves could pass through one way but not the other.
2007-05-17 07:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok lets go through some logic without cutting and pasting anything from the Bible. Short version. Do you believe in law and order? If yes, then where in atheism is there any law and order? The entire universe was created with time and chance. Where would any such order exist? Now let's suppose somehow order did come into being. If man somehow evolved and was the dominant being (as he is today), then why does he experience pleasure? If nature is so cutthroat, so that only the strongest and smartest survive, then why does man need the unneccessary commodity of pleasure? In addition, atheism provides absolutely no grounds for any sort of moral law. If we truly are alone and there is no God and no overarching force or anything - just us and the trees - then there is absolutely no way we can uphold helping the old lady across the street as good and condemn killing, rape, and stealing as evil. That's just a few of the holes i see in atheism.
2016-05-20 19:47:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light that has been polarized has been altered so that it is all coming from the same direction. When light is naturally occurring it is bouncing off of all the object in view and hitting your eye at many angles. this causes glare. Polarization blocks light that comes from erroneous angles and only allows light in from a certain direction.
2007-05-17 03:33:40 · answer #3 · answered by slov72 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Draw a sine wave on a piece of paper. Now, hold the paper in your hands so the wave goes from left to right. Rotate the paper in your hand (top over bottom). This means the wave will face the ceiling, then away from you, then the floor, then you again (and every angle in between).
Normal light moving from your left to your right has waves in every possible position in this rotation.
Polarized light has all of its waves aligned so they are all in exactly the same plane.
A sine wave looks like this:
http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm
A decent reference page:
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/petrolgy/genlight.htm
2007-05-17 03:44:16 · answer #4 · answered by JustAnotherEngineer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋