Multiple Choice
Thomas Young demonstrated that light behaves as a wave by showing that
A) light striking a metal surface releases electrons from the metal, with violet light producing more energetic electrons than red light.
B) light passing through two narrow, closely spaced slits produces a pattern of light and dark bands on a screen by wave interference.
C) the speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers.
D) the speed of light decreases when it enters a denser, transparent medium.
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