CP Physics - Light and Color Review

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An event in which the Moon blocks light from the Sun and the Moon’s shadow falls on part of Earth

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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An event in which the moon passes into the shadow of the Earth

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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A partial shadow that appears where some but not all of the light is blocked

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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The darker center portion of a shadow that appears where all of the light is blocked

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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The frequency at which an elastic object tends to vibrate when it is disturbed and the disturbing force is removed

• natural frequency

• resonance

• opaque

• transparent

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The property of materials to pass light in a straight lines without being scattered

• natural frequency

• resonance

• opaque

• transparent

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The property of materials to not allow the passage of light

• natural frequency

• resonance

• opaque

• transparent

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An energy-carrying wave emitted by a vibrating charge that is composed of oscillating electric and magnetic fields that regenerate one another

• electromagnetic spectrum

• energy wave

• x-ray

• radiation

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A wave that requires a physical medium

• electromagnetic wave

• energy wave

• mechanical wave

• light wave

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The range of electromagnetic waves extending in frequency from radio waves to gamma rays

• electromagnetic spectrum

• RGB

• light waves

• visible light