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Selcect One Light is: A) an oscillating electric field and a fluctuating magneti

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Question

Selcect One

Light is:

A) an oscillating electric field and a fluctuating magnetic field that are oriented randomly with respect to each other.

B) an oscillating electric field and a fluctuating magnetic field that are perpendicular to each other.

C) an oscillating electric field alone.

D) a fluctuating magnetic field alone.

E) an oscillating electric field and a fluctuating magnetic field that are parallel to each other.

Selcect ALL that apply

Which of the following statements are true concerning light?

A) Its propagation direction is parallel to both the electric field and the magnetic field.

B) The speed of light in matter is less than the speed of light in a vacuum.

C) The speed of light is the same no matter what material it is traveling through.

D) Its propagation direction is perpendicular to both the electric field and the magnetic field.

E) It moves at a constant speed through a vacuum.

F) The speed of light in matter is greater than the speed of light in a vacuum.

Explanation / Answer

1) b

2) b,d.e