Wave Properties

What do you call bouncing back of a wave when it meets a surface or boundary that does not absorb the entire wave’s energy.

• Transmission
• Refraction
• Reflection
• Absorption

What do you call it when waves pass through a given point or medium.

• Transmission
• Refraction
• Reflection
• Absorption

What do you call it when waves don't pass through a medium but are converted to thermal energy?

• Transmission
• Refraction
• Reflection
• Absorption

What do you call it when light waves are transmitted through materials (may be clear or colored material such as filters) that allow most of the light that strikes them to pass through them. Water or glass windows

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Opaque

What do you call it when materials transmit some light, but cause it to be scattered so no clear image is seen. Frosted glass or stain glass

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Opaque

What do you call it when materials allow no light waves to be transmitted through them. Solid materials like a wall or floor

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Opaque

The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

Which images are opaque?

• A & C
• A,C,E, & F
• D, E, & F
• A & E

Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

• reflect
• bend
• absorb
• twist

Why do we see objects as white?

• They absorb all light
• They reflect all light
• They absorb some light and reflect some light