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Q: What is it called when light energy strikes an object and changes to heat energy?
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What is the reverse energy that takes place called when an object strikes a solid object?

reflected


What is When light energy strikes and object andis changed to heat energy called?

obsorbtion


When light strikes a black object what enery is it changed to?

When light strikes a black object what energy is it changed to?


What does an object do when it absorbs all light that strikes it?

the atom of the object will gain kinetic energy from the light


What is it called when a wave strikes an object and bends?

That is called refraction.


Is movement of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object called heat transfer?

true because its warm to cool which means it changes temperature


When a wave strikes an object and bounces off of it this is called?

reflection.


Why do darker colors absorb the most heat?

White light is a mixture of colors. When white light strikes a dark object little or no energy is reflected. When white light strikes a white object the energy is mostly reflected, not absorbed.Miissmeg.


As an object falls the gravitational potential energy of the object is converted to what?

Some of its potential energy changes to kinetic energy.


What type of energy change results when friction slows an object down?

The kinetic energy of the object changes into thermal energy.


When light strikes a opaque object the light changes to this in the objest?

It absorbed and changed to tiny amount of heat.


What occurs when a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces?

Waves bouncing off an object is called reflection.