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Textbook Solutions for Conceptual Physics

Chapter P6 Problem 2MCP

Question

Light that is not transmitted by opaque materials is

(a) reflected or converted to internal energy in the material.

(b) mainly reflected.

(c) mainly refracted.

(d) transmitted at a lower frequency

Solution

Step 1 of 2

Opaque materials absorb light without re-emitting it or allowing light to travel through them. Energy carried by light is transformed to vibrations of atoms and molecules in the opaque materials. This increases the internal energy of those materials and they become warmer.

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Title Conceptual Physics 12 
Author Paul G. Hewitt
ISBN 9780321909107

Choose the BEST answer to the following:Light that is not

Chapter P6 textbook questions

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