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Light And Waves 2018

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1) What type of wave measures movement in Earth’s surface?

ASound wave BSeismic wave CLight wave DInfrared wave

2) What does wavelength measure on a wave?

AThe distance between one wave and the next wave BHow high a wave is CThe frequency of the wave DThe speed of a wave

3) What does a wave transport from place to place?

ALight only BEnergy CWater only DNothing

4) Objects gain___________when they absorb light?

AFrequency BWavelength CSpeed DEnergy

5) When we see color of an object, the object is every color except what we see. Why?

AThe object refracts all colors except the color we see BThe object absorbs all other colors and the color we see is reflected off the object CNone of the above DThe object reflects all colors except the color we see

6) How does light reflect off of a rough surface?

ALight reflects in many different directions off a rough surface BLight reflects in a single beam off a rough surface CLight only absorbs into rough surfaces DLight will not reflect off a rough surface

7) Explain light refraction.

AWhen light travels through any substance light bends BWhen light travels through air and water or air and glass the light is blocked CWhen light travels between air and water or air and glass the light bends DWhen light travels through solid surfaces the light bends

8) When wave frequency increases what does the wavelength do?

AStays the same BDecrease CIncreases DNone of the above

9) What type of wave do sound waves travel on?

AOcean BTransverse CSeismic DCompressional/longitudinal

10) What shape of lens causes light to refract to a single point?

AConcave BContact CNone of the above DConvex

11) How are light waves different from mechanical waves?

ALight waves can travel through empty space and sound waves need a medium to travel on BNone of the above CLight wave and sound waves are the same thing DLight waves need a medium to travel on and sound waves can travel through empty space

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