Wave Behaviors

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What is a medium?

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The substance through which a wave can travel.

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Why does a purple shirt appear purple?

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The material absorbs all wavelengths of color except the purple wavelength.

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What causes the separation of white light in a prism?

Back

Refraction.

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Waves are disturbances that transfer ______ from one place to another.

Back

Energy.

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What happens to most of the light that hits a window?

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The light is being transmitted.

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What is reflection?

Back

The bouncing back of light when it hits a surface.

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What is refraction?

Back

The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another.

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What is diffraction?

Back

The spreading out of waves when they pass through a narrow opening or around obstacles.

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What is transmission?

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The passing of light through a medium.

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What is absorption in terms of light?

Back

The process by which a material takes in light energy.

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