Wave Nature of Light

Which type of electromagnetic radiation produces the heat we can feel coming from the toaster?

• Radio waves
• Infrared waves
• X-rays
• Gamma rays

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When two waves combine to form a new wave with a larger amplitude, it is called 

• Diffraction
• Destructive Interference
• Resonance
• Constructive Interference

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How many waves are in this picture?

• 1
• 2
• 3.5
• 4

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a packet of light energy

• photon
• ultraviolet ray
• gamma ray
• electromagnetic wave

The bending of a wave due to a change in its speed is

• interference
• reflection
• diffraction
• refraction

The interaction between waves that meet is

• reflection
• diffraction
• refraction
• interference

A point of zero amplitude on a standing wave is called a

• crest
• node
• trough
• antinode

Polarized Light is ....

• reflection of light of nonmetallic items

• reflection of light of metallic items

• waves vibrating in one direction only

• reflection of light of all items

Whats happens when nonpolarized light goes through a vertical polarized lenses?

• No Light Comes Out
• Only horizontal polarized lights comes out
• Only vertical polarized lights comes out
• Nonpolarized light comes out

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Complementary colors are ___.

• Combined to form secondary colors
• All colors of the rainbow
• Any two colors that combine to form white light
• Colors that cannot be split into component colors