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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Working with Waves.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is color photography paper made when printing from a negative?
(a) Three color sensitive layers.
(b) Six color sensitive layers.
(c) A black layer sandwhiched between two color sensitive layers.
(d) One color sensitive layers.

2. What is suction referred to in the act of flying?
(a) Glide.
(b) Lift.
(c) Sinking.
(d) Floating.

3. What occurs when molecules begin vibrating in a solid, then speed up their vibration when heated?
(a) Solid combustion.
(b) Internal combustion.
(c) Conduction.
(d) Radiation.

4. What is the action of something burning?
(a) Molecular deceleration.
(b) Combustion.
(c) Convection.
(d) Radiation.

5. What is convection?
(a) The way a molecule radiates heat.
(b) When heat increases velocity.
(c) Heat moving from a liquid or gas molecule to another.
(d) When heat causes wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are large fins which adjust their tilt to compensate for waves?

2. What is the most common form of inclined plane found in machines?

3. What is one step in creating liquid crystal displays?

4. What is the meaning of the acronym LASER?

5. What makes it possible to use light and radio waves to communicate?

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