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What are the two possible outcomes for a photon after interacting with an atom?
What are the two possible outcomes for a photon after interacting with an atom?
- Photon splits into smaller particles or disappears completely
- Photon changes color or disappears partially
- Photon disappears completely or is scattered (correct)
- Photon increases in energy or decreases in energy
When a photon is scattered, what are the two possible outcomes?
When a photon is scattered, what are the two possible outcomes?
- Resulting photon disappears or creates additional photons
- Resulting photon has the same energy or has lower energy (correct)
- Resulting photon is absorbed or changes direction
- Resulting photon has higher energy or disappears completely
What happens to the excess energy if the resulting scattered photon has a lower energy than the incident photon?
What happens to the excess energy if the resulting scattered photon has a lower energy than the incident photon?
- The excess energy disappears
- The energy excess is transferred to a light charged particle (correct)
- The energy excess causes the atom to emit a new photon
- The energy excess is converted to heat