Question: You saw in the previous activity that waves can diffract when they interact with an appropriately sized aperture. Light, being a wave, is capable of

You saw in the previous activity that waves can diffract when they interact with an appropriately sized aperture. Light, being a wave, is capable of doing the same thing. Sketch what you predict the pattern would look like on a screen placed in the path of a light wave if: (3 marks A)
Light hits screen unobstructed without passing through aperture:
Light hits screen after passing through a single narrow aperture (single slit):
Light hits screen after passing through two, closely spaced, narrow apertures (double slit):

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