Waves and Light Study guide practice

A purple neon sign emits light waves with which of the following wavelengths?

• red and blue wavelengths

• purple wavelengths

• all wavelengths but purple

• all wavelengths

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Light bends as it passes from air into glass at an angle due to _________.

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• diffusion

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Sound waves do not travel through _____.

• solids

• liquids

• gases

• empty space

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For a wave, the _____ the amplitude, the _____ energy the wave carries.

• larger, more

• smaller, more

• larger, less

• smaller, same

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Sound travels fastest in a ____.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• vacuum

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Which of the following is NOT a way that waves interact with matter?

• Waves can be reflected by matter.

• Waves are affected by gravity.

• Waves can change direction when they travel from one material to another.

• As waves pass through matter, some of the energy they carry can be

  transferred to matter.

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You can see an object like a book because _____.

• it glows

• it is a light source

• light reflects from your eyes to the object

• light reflects off the book into your eyes

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Which light waves compose white light?

• all wavelengths of visible light

• white wavelengths

• red, yellow, and blue wavelengths only

• black wavelengths

Which material would be considered transparent?

• window glass

• stained glass

• steel

• paper

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Frosted glass is an example of which type of material?

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• radiant

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