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12.04.2021 • 
Physics

Click to select the correct answers, click again to unselect answers. Leave the incorrect answers unselected. Light waves are transverse waves. Light waves have typical wave-like properties and behaviors. Some of those behaviors include reflection refraction,
and diffraction
Reflection - All waves are known to reflect or bounce off an object. The reflection of light waves off of a mirrored or sometimes just smooth surface
results in the formation of an image. One characteristic of wave reflection is that the angle at which the wave approaches a flat reflecting surface, the
angle of incidence equal to the angle at which the wave leaves the surface, the angle of reflection
Refraction - When a light wave passes from one medium to another medium, it refracts. Another way to say this is that when a wave crosses the
boundary between two media, the direction that the wave is moving undergoes a change in direction; the path is bent. Light waves traveling from the
air into water slow down. That slowing down causes the light waves to refract. This is the reason why, when you stand in clear water and look down at
your legs, they seem to be detached from your body!
Diffraction - Diffraction involves a change in direction of waves as they pass through an opening or around an obstacle in their path. When light
encounters an obstacle in its path, the obstacle blocks the light and tends to cause the formation of a shadow in the region behind the obstacle. Light
does not exhibit an ability to bend around the obstacle and fill in the region behind it with light.
How do light waves behave? Choose all of the following that are true concerning the behavior of Light
During refraction waves bend when they pass from one medium to another. The waves refract because
their speed changes

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