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Which letter best represents the angle of incidence?
A
B
C
Which letter best represents the angle of reflection
A
B
C
Which letter best represents the normal line?
A
B
C
If the angle of incidence in the diagram is 50 degrees, which statement is true?
The angle of reflection is 40 degrees because is is measured from the normal line, which is 90 degrees
The angle of reflection is 50 degrees because it is equal to the angle of incidence.
The angle of reflection is 60 degrees, because it is greater than the angle of incidence.
The angle of refraction is 50 degrees, because it is equal to the angle of incidence.
Select all statements that are true.
Sunlight is all colors, but appears white.
White light is a combination of all colors of light.
White light has no colors of light.
A spectroscope will separate white light so you can see all the colors.
A student looks at a paper and sees that it is white.
What color(s) is being reflected by the white paper?
All colors
No colors
A student looks at a paper and sees that it is white.
What color(s) are being absorbed by the white paper?
All colors
No colors
A student looks at a shirt and sees that it is green.
What color is being reflected by the green shirt?
All others except green
Green
A student looks at a shirt and sees that it is green.
What color(s) are being absorbed by the green shirt?
All other colors except green
Green
A student looks at a white paper through a violet filter.
What color will she see?
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Violet
Choose all statements that are true when looking through a violet filter.
The filter absorbs violet light.
The filter absorbs all colors except violet.
The filter allows blue and red light to pass through.
The filter allows only violet light to pass through.
A student looks at a table and sees black. Select all statements that are true.
Blue wavelengths of light are absorbed by the table.
Red wavelengths of light are reflected by the table.
All colors are absorbed by the table.
No colors are reflected by the table.
Refraction occurs when a wave .....
goes from one medium to another
bounces off another medium
changes direction within a medium
is reflected by another medium
Select all statements which are true.
Every substance or light source has a unique spetrum.
A spectra is like a finger print, and can be used to identify an unknown element.
Astronomers use emission spectra to identify elements from a source of light.
Astronomers use absorption spectra to identify elements from from a source of ight.
Visible light waves have a wavelength between...
30 millimeters - 1 millimeter
10 nanometers - .01 nanometers
700 nanometers - 400 nanometers
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