Optics Review

A pencil submerged in a clear glass of water may appear broken or bent when observed from the side of the glass. Which of the following characteristics describes this broken or bent appearance?

• refraction

• diffraction

• reflection

• amplitude

What electromagnetic wave travels the fastest?

• microwave

• ultraviolet

• x­ray

• All travel at the speed of light ‘c’.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 CRESTS OR 2 TROUGHS IS CALLED...

• GAP

• WAVE SET

• BIG OLE GAPS

• WAVELENGTHS

LIGHT WAVE LENGTHS AND FREQUENCIES ARE SHOWN ON THE...

• ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

• EVAPORATED WAVE SPECTRUM

• ELEVATED FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

• ECCENTRIC LENGTH SPECTRUM

______ is the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another

• REFLECTION

• REFRACTION

• ABSORPTION

• TRANSMISSION

What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Absorption

What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Absorption

In ________ interference, the energy of the combined wave is greater than the energy of each of the two waves.

• destructive
• rarefaction
• resonance
• constructive

This image is representing what wave interaction?

• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Reflection
• Interference

The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all electromagnetic radiation.

• True

• False