Properties of Light

Which wave behavior occurs when the wave energy is not transferred through, or reflected by, the given medium?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which wave behavior occurs when waves pass through a medium or the vacuum of space?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which number image shows a translucent form of wave transmission?

• 1

• 3

• 2

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

______________materials such as a window which allows most of the light that strikes them to pass through. Only a small amount of light is reflected or absorbed.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

____________ materials allow no light waves to be transmitted through

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

If all colors of light are reflected by a material, it will appear ________.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Angle of Incidence = Angle of ______________

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Tranmission

• Absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Objects that absorb any wavelength of electromagnetic radiation become _____________ and convert the absorbed energy to infrared radiation.

• cooler

• warmer

• absorbed

• stronger

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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A wave that CAN move energy without a medium

• little wave

• light wave

• listen wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

what does "refract" mean?

• to be interested

• to bend in a different direction

• to become interesting

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