Interactions of Waves and Matter

What happens to a sound wave as air temperature increases?

• The wave's speed decreases

• The wave's speed increases

• The wave's speed does not change

Where would you expect light waves to move slowest?

• Outer space

• Under water

• Through an iceberg

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Why does the pencil appear broken?

• Light is refracted

• Light is scattered

• Light is reflected

• Light is absorbed

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After a mechanical waves passes through matter, the particles of matter

• vibrate in place.

• return to their rest positions.

• travel along the wave.

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Electromagnetic waves cannot be transmitted through a medium.

• True

• False

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The moon does not produce its own light. We can see the moon because

• light from the sun is reflected off the surface of the moon.

• light from the sun is absorbed off the surface of the moon.

• light from the sun is transmitted through the surface of the moon

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At what point is the light from the laser being reflected?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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At what point is the light from the laser being absorbed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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At what point is the light from the laser being transmitted?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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At what point is the light from the laser being refracted?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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