Quiz about Wave Interactions

Question 1

Sound travels fastest through what type of medium?

Accepted Answer

wooden desk

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pond water

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cold air

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iced tea

Question 2

When light waves are absorbed, they can become heat.

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True

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False

Question 3

Light is the only wave that can be reflected.

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False

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True

Question 4

Which of the following is the bending of a wave, which changes its speed.

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Refraction

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Reflection

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Diffraction

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Frequency

Question 5

The picture best represents

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Refraction

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Reflection

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Diffraction

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Interference

Question 6

Question 6.

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angle of reflection

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refraction

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diffraction

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angle of incidence

Question 7

A straw in a glass of water looks bent.

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refraction

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diffraction

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angle of reflection

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angle of incidence

Question 8

Which type of interaction is this?

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reflection

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refraction

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diffraction

Question 9

Which type of interaction is this?

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reflection

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refraction

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diffraction

Question 10

Which type of interaction is this?

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refraction

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reflection

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diffraction

Question 11

Reflection occurs when a wave

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hits a surface and bounces back

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bends due to a change in speed

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passes through an opening

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bends around a barrier

Question 12

Calvin shines a thin beam of light onto a material, and the light refracts. Which diagram best shows what happens to the light?

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Picture # 3

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Picture # 1

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Picture # 2

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None of the Above

Question 13

Habib looks around his classroom at different objects. Which object reflects almost all of the light that strikes it?

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a white poster board

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clear window class

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a red book cover

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black construction paper

Question 14

During a thunderstorm, Sanjay saw lightning and then heard thunder 5 s later. Why does he see the lightning before he hears the thunder?

Accepted Answer

Light travels faster than sound.

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He would have seen the lightning and heard the thunder at the same time.

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Sound travels faster than light.

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There is no reason.

Question 15

Red light waves and yellow light waves travel through air and strike the surface of glass. Only the yellow light waves travel through the glass as shown in the figure below. Which of these phrases best describes what the glass does?

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transmits yellow light

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reflects red light

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absorbs yellow light

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transmits red light

Question 16

A dolphin makes a noise underwater that is too high-pitched for humans to hear. What type of wave is this?

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mechanical

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water

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electromagnetic

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microwave

Question 17

Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light

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travels slower in glass than in air.

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travels at the same speed in air and in glass.

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frequency is greater in air than in glass.

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frequency is greater in glass than in air.

Question 18

Which object would a sound wave travel the fastest through?

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brick wall

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pool

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oxygen

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lake

Question 19

When a wave enters a new medium and one side of the wave changes speed before the other it causes the wave to.....

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Bend

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Break

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Fold

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Ignite

Question 20

When an object or wave hits a surface through which it cannot pass, it bounces back. What is this?

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Reflection

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Diffraction

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Refraction

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Resonance

Question 21

The passage of light through an object:

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transmission

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absorption

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interference

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resonance

Question 22

What is the definition of refraction?

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The bending of a wave as it passes through a barrier.

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when a wave hits a barrier it can't pass it bounces back.

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when 2 waves combine to make a bigger wave.

Question 23

What is the definition of diffraction?

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When a wave passes a barrier or moves through a hole in a barrier it bends or spreads apart.

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The bending of a wave due to a change of speed.

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When 2 waves combine to make a smaller wave.

Question 24

what is this?

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Reflection

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Refraction

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Diffraction

Question 25

What is the definition of reflection?

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When a wave hits a surface it cannot pass it bounces back.

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The bending of a wave due to a change of speed.

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When a wave passes a barrier or moves through a hole in a barrier it bends or spreads

Question 26

Which term explains the path of the light ray in this diagram?

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Refraction

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Convection

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Scattering

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Absorption

Question 27

The harder and smoother the surface, the _______ the reflection.

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Stronger

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Weaker

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Louder

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Quierter

Question 28

When a sound wave hits a wall and echoes back, this is an example of what?

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Reflection

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Refraction

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Diffraction

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Interference

Question 29

This term describes objects that transmit all light.

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Transparent

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Translucent

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Opaque

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Diffusion

Question 30

The meaning of this term is to allow the passage of energy or matter.

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Transmit

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Reflect

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Refract

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Disperse

Question 31

In general, which types of materials transmit sounds most quickly?

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Solids, then liquids, then gases

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Solids, then gases, then liquids

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Gases, then liquids, then solids

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Gases, then solids, then liquids

Question 32

In the Bending Light Lab, how does the angle of incoming light compare to the angle of light reflecting off of the surface of the water?

Accepted Answer

The angle of the incoming light is the SAME as the angle of light reflecting off the surface of the water.

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The angle of the incoming light is GREATER than the angle of light reflecting off the surface of the water.

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The angle of the incoming light is LESS than the angle of light reflecting off the surface of the water.

Question 33

The lab is called "Bending Light" because it shows how light _______ when it passes from medium to another medium.

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bends

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disappears

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reacts

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absorbs

Question 34

In what context would would light travel even faster than through air?

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Through vacuum/empty space

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Through glass

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Through water

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Through a solid

Question 35

The change in ________ of light causes it to bend

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speed

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distance

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length

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color

Question 36

Which journey causes the least refraction?

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air to water

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air to diamond

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air to glass

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they are equally refracted

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there is no refraction

Question 37

When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear

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an echo

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a louder sound

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a quieter sound

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nothing

Question 38

In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the matter is at its highest pressure is

Accepted Answer

compression

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rarefaction

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line of equilibrium

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pressure point

Question 39

In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the matter is at its lowest pressure is

Accepted Answer

rarefaction

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compression

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line of equilibrium

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pressure point

Question 40

The letter "B" is labeling what part of the wave?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

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Compression

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Rarefaction

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Crest

Question 41

What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

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Diffraction

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Refraction

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Reflection

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Absorption

Question 42

We see colors that are ______ but not colors that are absorbed.

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Reflected

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Absorbed

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Refracted

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Transmitted

Question 43

When a certain wavelength(s) of the electromagnetic spectrum is absorbed, then we _______ see that color.

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Cannot

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Can

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always

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sometimes

Question 44

When all wavelengths of white light are reflected, we see what color?

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White

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Black

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Rainbow

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maroon

Question 45

When all wavelengths of white light are absorbed, we see what color?

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Black

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White

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Rainbow

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Maroon

Question 46

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

Accepted Answer

Diffraction

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Reflection

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Refraction

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Resonance

Question 47

Definition: The spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around objects.

Accepted Answer

Diffraction

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Reflection

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Refraction

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Resonance

Question 48

Light waves and sound waves are similar in that...

Accepted Answer

They both transmit energy

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They are both longitudinal waves

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They are both transverse waves

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They both can travel through space.

Question 49

Question 49.

Accepted Answer

diffraction

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absorption

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reflection

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refraction

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transmission

Question 50

What is a medium?

Accepted Answer

the substance through which a wave can travel

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something between a small and a large?

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a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still

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the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

Question 51

When a wave passes from one medium to another, the ________ may change.

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speed

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frequency

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wavelength

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speed, frequency, and wavelength

Question 52

Which color absorbs all light?

Accepted Answer

Black

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White

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Orange

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Green

Question 53

A leaf is green, what does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?

Accepted Answer

green is being reflected and all the other colors are being absorbed

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no light is being absorbed

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green is being refracted and all the colors are being absorbed.

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green is being absorbed and all the other colors are reflected

Question 54

The passing of a wave through a material

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transmission

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absorption

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reflection

Question 55

Prisms separate light into the colors of the rainbow using what behavior of waves?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

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Reflection

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Absorption

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Transmission

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