Waves: Absorption, Reflection & Transmission

Light waves bouncing off a surface is known as?

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

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This is the term that describes when light passes through matter.

• Transmission

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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This is when light changes direction slightly when it passes from one material to another.

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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When you place things into water they sometimes look bent (see the image below). What is this an example of?

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Transmission

• Absorption

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Light spreads out after it travels through a keyhole.

• refraction

• diffraction

• angle of reflection

• angle of incidence

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

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the passage of light through a medium

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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Waves carry energy AND matter.

• true

• false

What kind of waves REQUIRE matter to transfer energy?

• x-rays

• mechanical waves

  (sound wave)

• electromagnetic waves

• light waves

The highest point on a transverse wave is called the _____.

• crest

• rest

• trough

• amplitude

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