Reflection Refraction Absorption Diffraction

__is the bending and spreading of waves around an obstacle

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Scattering

A person changing into a white t-shirt from a black t-shirt to cool down on a sunny, summer day

• Scattering

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Reflection

A person seeing light spread out from a cracked open door

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Scattering

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Light waves bouncing off a surface is known as?

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

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

• Picture # 1

• Picture # 2

• Picture # 3

• None of the Above

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These waves are experiencing

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Diffusion

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The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed

• stopped

• reflected

• refracted

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This is when light changes direction slightly when it passes from one material to another.

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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This describes when the atoms of matter absorb light, and converts the light into thermal energy.

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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Which form of Interference is occurring in this picture?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Radiation

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