If a White Light Is Shone onto a Surface That

question 54

Multiple Choice

If a white light is shone onto a surface that only reflects wavelengths below 500 nm, the surface will appear to be:

• A) red.
• B) blue.
• C) green.
• D) yellow.

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Definitions:

Independent Assortment

The principle explaining how different genes independently separate from one another when reproductive cells develop.

Homologous Chromosomes

Pairs of chromosomes in a diploid organism that are similar in shape, size, and gene content, one inherited from each parent.

Alleles

Forms of a gene with slightly different DNA sequences; may encode different versions of the gene’s product.

Homozygous

Describing an organism that has two identical alleles for a particular trait.