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Chapter 31: Diffraction and Interference Questions
Chapter 31: Diffraction and Interference Questions
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Physics
11th Grade
01/08/2012

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Term
______________________ of light is the bending of light by means other than reflection or refraction.
Definition
Diffraction
Term
What principle states that every point on a wave front acts like a point source of secondary wave lengths?
Definition
Huygen’s principle
Term
Diffraction can be _______________ using the Huygen’s principle.
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understood
Term
Diffraction is greatest for waves that are ___________ compared with the size of the obstruction.
Definition
long
Term
___________ of light is the combining of single frequency light from two parts of the same beam so that crest overlaps crest or crest overlaps trough.
Definition
Interference
Term
The colors seen in soap bubbles are due to ____________ interference of different frequencies
Definition
destructive
Term
_______________ are three-dimensional pictures created through the interference of two parts of a laser beam.
Definition
Holograms
Term
A series of closely spaced parallel slits or grooves that are used to separate colors of light by interference is called _____________ _____________.
Definition
diffraction grating
Term
Define: monochromatic
Definition
Single color or frequency
Term
Name the phenomenon whereby interference of light waves of mixed frequencies reflected from the top and bottom of thin films produces a spectrum of colors.
Definition
Iridescence
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Light waves having a jumbled mixture of frequency, phase, and direction are called ________________.
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incoherent
Term
13. Light waves having identical frequency, identical phase, and traveling in the same direction are called ____________.
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coherent
Term
An optical instrument that produces a beam of coherent light is called a _________.
Definition
laser
Term
In this case how does light produce color: yellow banana
Definition
selective reflection
Term
In this case how does light produce color: blue sky
Definition
scattering
Term
In this case how does light produce color: rainbow
Definition
refraction
Term
In this case how does light produce color: peacock feather
Definition
diffraction
Term
In this case how does light produce color: soap bubble
Definition
interference
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