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Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?
Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?
- Wave optics
- Physical optics
- Quantum optics
- Geometric optics (correct)
What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?
What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?
- Optics (correct)
- Thermodynamics
- Particle physics
- Quantum mechanics
What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?
What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?
- Geometric optics
- Wave optics
- Physical optics (correct)
- Quantum optics
What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?
What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?
Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?
Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?
Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?
Which model of light treats light as a collection of rays that travel in straight lines and bend when they pass through or reflect from surfaces?
What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?
What branch of physics studies the behaviour and properties of light?
What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?
What is a more comprehensive model of light which includes wave effects such as diffraction and interference?
What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?
What led to the discovery that light waves were in fact electromagnetic radiation?
Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?
Which phenomena require an explanation using quantum mechanics due to light having both wave-like and particle-like properties?
