Electromagnetic wave and Light Reflection

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Subject: Natural science > Physics
Age: 16 - 17

Electromagnetic wave and Light Reflection

Explain what an electromagnetic wave is.

What are the characteristics of an electromagnetic wave?

What is the name of the type of electromagnetic radiation that has the lowest frequencies?

Radio waves

Microwaves

Gamma rays

Ultrasonic waves

What is light reflection?

Light bending as it passes through a medium

Light bouncing off a surface

Light splitting into different colors

Light passing through a transparent object

When light reflects off a smooth surface, the angle of incidence is equal to _____.

The angle of reflection

90 degrees

180 degrees

0 degrees

Which of the following colors of light is NOT part of the visible spectrum?

Red

Yellow

Infrared

Green

When light passes from air into water, it _____.

Bends away from the normal

Bends towards the normal

Does not bend

Splits into different colors

What is the normal in relation to a plan mirror?

The line perpendicular to the surface of the mirror

The line parallel to the surface of the mirror

The line at a 45-degree angle to the surface of the mirror

The line at a 90-degree angle to the surface of the mirror

A light beam falls on a horizontal plane mirror, as shown in the figure. Calculate the angle θ.

70

110

90

35