PHYS 1260 QUIZZES 26,27,29, & 30 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following questions can wave optics provide answers to?
a. What causes the beautiful colors in a soap bubble or an oil film?
b. Why are clouds and ocean surf white?
c. Why do polarized sunglasses reduce reflected glare?
c. Why is the sky blue?
e. [none of these]
f. [all of these] - Answers - [all of these]
-What causes the beautiful colors in a soap bubble or an oil film?
-Why are clouds and ocean surf white?
-Why do polarized sunglasses reduce reflected glare?
-Why is the sky blue?
Young's double slit experiment demonstrates - Answers - diffraction
The technology behind noise-cancelling headphones leverages - Answers - destructive
interference.
We can attribute the wave theory of diffraction to - Answers -
The angle of incidence at which reflected light is 100% polarized is known as - Answers
- Brewster's angle.
The starship Enterprise zooms past a nearby space station at close to the speed of
light. An observer on the station reads the onboard clock of the Enterprise and sees it
tick - Answers - slower
The Enterprise fires a photon torpedo, which travels at close to the speed of light. An
observer on a nearby planet watches the torpedo and sees its length as being -
Answers - shorter than usual
The Enterprise fires its phasers at a nearby Romulan ship, which is approaching the
Enterprise at close to the speed of light. The beam of the phaser blast travels at the
speed of light, denoted as c. An observer on the Romulan ship sees the beam approach
them at - Answers - c
A transporter accident duplicates Captain Kirk on Earth. The original Kirk escapes on
board the Enterprise, traveling close to the speed of light. After some time, he returns to
Earth to find his duplicate has aged considerably. Whose assessment of "time" do we
trust? - Answers - Duplicate Kirk
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following questions can wave optics provide answers to?
a. What causes the beautiful colors in a soap bubble or an oil film?
b. Why are clouds and ocean surf white?
c. Why do polarized sunglasses reduce reflected glare?
c. Why is the sky blue?
e. [none of these]
f. [all of these] - Answers - [all of these]
-What causes the beautiful colors in a soap bubble or an oil film?
-Why are clouds and ocean surf white?
-Why do polarized sunglasses reduce reflected glare?
-Why is the sky blue?
Young's double slit experiment demonstrates - Answers - diffraction
The technology behind noise-cancelling headphones leverages - Answers - destructive
interference.
We can attribute the wave theory of diffraction to - Answers -
The angle of incidence at which reflected light is 100% polarized is known as - Answers
- Brewster's angle.
The starship Enterprise zooms past a nearby space station at close to the speed of
light. An observer on the station reads the onboard clock of the Enterprise and sees it
tick - Answers - slower
The Enterprise fires a photon torpedo, which travels at close to the speed of light. An
observer on a nearby planet watches the torpedo and sees its length as being -
Answers - shorter than usual
The Enterprise fires its phasers at a nearby Romulan ship, which is approaching the
Enterprise at close to the speed of light. The beam of the phaser blast travels at the
speed of light, denoted as c. An observer on the Romulan ship sees the beam approach
them at - Answers - c
A transporter accident duplicates Captain Kirk on Earth. The original Kirk escapes on
board the Enterprise, traveling close to the speed of light. After some time, he returns to
Earth to find his duplicate has aged considerably. Whose assessment of "time" do we
trust? - Answers - Duplicate Kirk
