Waves, Sound, Light, and Optics Review

Interference of light is evidence that:

• the speed of light is very large

• light is a transverse wave

• light is electromagnetic in character

• light is a wave phenomenon

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What principle is responsible for alternating light and dark bands when light passes through two or more narrow slits? (a)  

• refraction
• polarization
• diffraction
• interference

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors? (a)  

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Resonance

The color with the longest wavelength is...

• Blue

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

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A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low
• high, high
• low, high
• low, low

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Which lens represents the path light takes through a diverging lens?

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Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

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What type of image is formed?

• virtual and inverted

• virtual and upright

• real and upright

• real and inverted

a real image...

• is produced by virtual rays and can be projected on a screen
• is produced by real rays and cannot be projected on a screen
• is produced by virtual images and cannot be projected on a screen
• is produced by real rays and can be projected on a screen

Which of the following is a correct ray diagram for convex lens?

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