The Distance Between the Slits in a Double-Slit Experiment Is

question 22

Multiple Choice

The distance between the slits in a double-slit experiment is increased by a factor of 4.If the distance between the fringes is small compared with the distance from the slits to the screen,the distance between adjacent fringes near the center of the interference pattern

• A)increases by a factor of 2.
• B)increases by a factor of 4.
• C)depends on the width of the slits.
• D)decreases by a factor of 2.
• E)decreases by a factor of 4.

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Natural Selection

The evolutionary process by which favorable traits become more common in successive generations of a population, influenced by environmental pressures.

Variations

Differences within populations, which can be genetic, phenotypic, or behavioral, contributing to the diversity of organisms.

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Evolutionary pattern in which a body part of an ancestor changes differently in its different descendants.

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