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What happens to sound or light waves when they hit a smooth surface?
They are reflected :)
When light waves strike a red object what happens to the light waves of all colors except red?
Basically three things can happen to light as it strikes an object. It can be reflected, absorbed, or it can pass through. For simplicity, assume the object is not transparent; in that case, any light that is not reflected is absorbed.
What happens when sound waves change media?
they get refracted and reflected by the other medium
What happens when electromagnetic waves encounter matter?
The waves are passed thru the matter or reflected by the matter or absorbed by the matter.
What happens to the energy in the wavelengths of light that are not reflected?
they are absorbed
What happens to sound or light waves when they hit a smooth surface?
They are reflected :)
What happens to light when its strikes an object?
The light waves can be reflected, absorbed, they can pass the object or be refracted.,
What happens as waves travel an objects move in their path?
The waves will be bent or reflected.
Which type of waves is not reflected by the ionosphere?
ultraviolet light
When light waves strike a red object what happens to the light waves of all colors except red?
Basically three things can happen to light as it strikes an object. It can be reflected, absorbed, or it can pass through. For simplicity, assume the object is not transparent; in that case, any light that is not reflected is absorbed.
What happens when hits a black surface?
im assuming that u meant "what happens when LIGHT hits a black surface?" the reason for this is that the black surface ABSORBS the light, and so none of the light waves can be reflected back (which is what makes it look black)
When light waves strikes a red object what happens to the light wave of all colors except red?
Basically three things can happen to light as it strikes an object. It can be reflected, absorbed, or it can pass through. For simplicity, assume the object is not transparent; in that case, any light that is not reflected is absorbed.
What happens to the rays when white light strikes a coloured surface?
The waves whose frequencies belong to that colour are reflected while other frequencies are absorbed.
What are Most commonly used surfaces that light waves are reflected?
mirror
What happens to waves trhat are not reflected back?
Waves that are not reflected are absorbed by whatever they hit. The energy they carried ends up slightly raising the temperature of whatever absorbs them.
What do sound and light have in common?
they both can be reflected sound would be reflected as an echo and light like when you flash a flash light at a mirror
What do mirror do to light waves?
there are three types of light waves i.e infrared light, visible light and ultra violet light. Out of these, only visible light rays (waves) gets reflected by the mirror but the other two light waves passes through the mirror.
