How do light waves behave?
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The text provides definitions and explanations relating to different types of light and their characteristics. It offers examples and details on light behavior, various light sources, and properties of light waves.
Answer
Reflection, refraction, interference, and diffraction.
Light waves exhibit behaviors such as reflection, refraction, interference, and diffraction.
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Light waves exhibit behaviors such as reflection, refraction, interference, and diffraction.
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Light waves can be reflected when they bounce off surfaces, refracted when they change speed entering another medium, interfere with each other, and diffract when they encounter obstacles or slits. These behaviors show the wave nature of light.
Tips
A common misunderstanding is to think of light only as a wave or a particle. It behaves as both, depending on the situation—a concept known as wave-particle duality.
Sources
- Behaviour of waves - sciencelearn.org.nz
- Refraction of waves - How do waves behave? - bbc.co.uk
- Wave | Behavior, Definition, & Types - britannica.com
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