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    Name: Class: Date: ID: A Chapter 2 Study guide Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. A 1 A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a a. wave, b. medium, ©. vibration, 4. compression. Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to 2 move. b. compress. ©. expand, 4. vibrate. Awave travels through a medium because a. the medium’s particles are carried along with the wave. b. the wave's energy passes from particle to particle ©. the medium transfers electromagnetic energy. 4. the wave inereases the potential energy of its medium, ‘The maximum distance that the particles ofa medium move from the rest position is the a. amplitude of the wave. b. wavelength of the wave. ©. frequeney of the wave. 4. speed of the wave. ‘The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the waves a. amplitude. b, wavelength. ©. frequency. 4d. speed, Frequency is measured in units called a. amps. b. hertz ©. nodes. 4. antinodes. Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without a(n) a. medium, b. electric field. ©. magnetic field 4, change in either a magnetic or an electric field. What is transferred by electromagnetic waves? sound electricity electromagnetic radiation resonance peer Name: D: A _A_ 9. Therange of electromagnetic waves placed ina certain order is called the a, electromagnetic spectrum, b. electromagnetic wavelength, ¢. electromagnetic frequency. 4. electromagnetic field. A 10. When a police officer uses radar for speed control, the officer is using what kind of electromagnetic waves? radio waves gamma rays ultraviolet rays X-rays ich of the following is true of ultraviolet rays? ‘They are visible. ‘They carry information to televisions and radios. ‘They help your body produce vitamin D. ‘They provide the energy that makes your morning toast. 12, Arterial that reflects or absorbs any ight that strikes its a. opaque. b. transparent. ©. translucent, u. Bese gaege B d. concave. 13. Frosted glass and wax paper are a. transparent, b. translucent. ©. clear. . 4. opaque. : 14, Clear glass, water, and air are examples of what kind of material? a. opaque b. fluid . translucent @. transparent -C._ 15. How would a tomato look under blue light? a. The tomato would seem to disappear. b. The tomato would still appear red ¢. The tomato would appear black 4. The tomato would appear white. CL 16. ‘The primary colors of light are a, red, yellow, and blue b. yellow, eyan, and magenta ©. red, green, and blue. 4. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet Colored substances that are used to color other materials are called a. pigments. D. lenses. c. mirages. d. filters Name: B18. Anyswo primary colors of light combined in equal amounts produce a. complementary color. b. secondary color. ©. a fluorescent color. 4. the third primary color. C19. What happens when light passes from air into water? a. The light speeds up. b. The light continues at the same speed. c. The light slows down. 4. The light forms a mirage. C. 20. When the surface of a mirror curves inward, like th inside of a bowl, itis called a a. plane mirror. b. convex mirror. ©. concave mirror. 4. diffuse miror B21. Anat sheet of glass with a silvercolored coating on one side is a. plane fens, b. plane mirror, ©. convex miror. 4. concave lens. AA. 22. Cone cells enable you to see a. colors. b. black and white, ©. atnight. 4. nearby objects. 23. Because of the way in which the lens of the eye bends light rays, the image produced by the lens is a. black and white, b. usually blurred ©. right side up. 4. upside down. B 28. Thetaw of reflection states that reflection occurs when an object or wave bounces off a surface through which it cannot pass. the angle of reflection equals the angle of incidence. the color ofan opaque object is the color ofthe light it reflects 4. convex minors reflect parallel rays of light. Modified True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the idemified word or phrase to make the statement true. F 2s. Waves a rei rediom through which fo avel ae called elstromagnetiwaves F 26. Theunit associated with amplitude isthe hertz fr

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