Wave Reflection, Absorption, and Transmittance

When light reflects from a surface, there is a change in its...

• color

• speed

• temperature

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Materials generally become warmer when light is

• absorbed

• reflected

• transmitted

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What happens when light hits a shiny or smooth surface?

• it's transmitted

• it is absorbed

• it is reflected

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When light is shining on a plane mirror(completely flat and smooth), the angle of incidence is equal to the

• angle of absorption

• angle of reflection

• angle of transmission

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Why do we see objects as black?

• They reflect all the light

• They absorb all the light

• They absorb some light and reflect

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A concave lens curves

• outward

• inward

• It doesn't curve

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A convex lens

• curves inward

• curves outward

• Doesn't curve at all

Which is translucent?

• white tissue paper

• metal

• glass window

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Which is transparent?

• A white balloon

• a window

• dark curtains

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Seeing yourself in a mirror is an example of...

• transmission

• absorption

• reflection

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