Wave Behaviors

Front

What causes a purple shirt to appear purple?

Back

The material absorbs all wavelengths of color except the purple wavelength.

Front

What do waves transfer from one place to another?

Back

Energy.

Front

If some light travels through a piece of paper, what is the paper considered?

Back

Translucent.

Front

What color do we see when light is reflected?

Back

The color that is reflected.

Front

What is responsible for black pavement being hot?

Back

Absorption.

Front

What is the term for a material that allows light to pass through without scattering?

Back

Transparent.

Front

What is the term for a material that scatters light, allowing some light to pass through?

Back

Translucent.

Front

What happens to light when it hits a black surface?

Back

It is absorbed.

Front

What is the term for the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction.

Front

What is the term for the bouncing back of light when it hits a surface?

Back

Reflection.