When You Look Through a Sheer Curtain at a Distant

question 6

Multiple Choice

When you look through a sheer curtain at a distant street lamp, you see a pattern of colored spots of light. This occurs by

• A) polarization of light in scattering and partial absorption by the threads.
• B) interference of light waves that pass through the threads with light waves that pass through the openings between the threads.
• C) refraction of light waves differentially in the cylindrical threads.
• D) diffraction of light waves passing through the two dimensional pattern of openings between the threads.
• E) reflection of light waves by the sides of the threads.

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