Properties and Behaviors of Light

Which wave behavior occurs when the wave energy is not transferred through, or reflected by, the given medium?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission

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Which wave behavior occurs when waves pass through a medium or the vacuum of space?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission

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Which number image shows a translucent form of wave transmission?

• 1

• 3

• 2

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______________materials such as a window which allows most of the light that strikes them to pass through. Only a small amount of light is reflected or absorbed.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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_________________ materials transmit some light, but cause the light to to be scattered so no clear image is seen.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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____________ materials allow no light waves to be transmitted through

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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If all colors of light are reflected by a material, it will appear ________.

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Light waves that have been emitted (released) or reflected by an object, enter the eye and first pass through the transparent layer called the ____________ where they are _____________.

• cornea; reflected

• retina; refracted

• cornea; refracted

• lens; refracted

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What type of lens does the eye use to focus light?

• Concave

• Convex

• Circlular

• Convent

Angle of Incidence = Angle of ______________

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Tranmission

• Absorption

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