Chapter 10
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What enables us to see objects during the day?

  • Sunlight reflecting off objects (correct)
  • Moonlight reflecting off objects
  • Electricity in the atmosphere
  • Objects emitting light
  • What happens to light when it passes through a transparent medium?

  • It is transmitted through the medium (correct)
  • It scatters in random directions
  • It is absorbed by the medium
  • It reflects off the medium
  • What is the effect known as when light bends around a very small opaque object?

  • Reflection of light
  • Dispersion of light
  • Diffraction of light (correct)
  • Refraction of light
  • Why does the straight-line treatment of optics using rays fail when an opaque object becomes very small?

    <p>Light has a tendency to bend around the small object</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is light thought of as to explain phenomena such as diffraction?

    <p>A wave</p> Signup and view all the answers

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