Define dispersion and explain how it is related to wavelength and frequency

What will be an ideal response?


Dispersion is the process of separating light into component colors. Because each color corresponds to a different range of frequencies or wavelengths of light, light rays of one color bend to a different degree than rays of all other colors.

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Unlike Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs that is chargeable on private

roadways and property, reckless driving must occur on public roadways to be chargeable. a. True b. False

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All of the following are requirements for receiving stolen property EXCEPT ______.

a. receiving property b. uncertainty whether the property was stolen c. knowing the property was stolen d. having the intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Roughly 14% of federal inmates are classified as being either a low- or minimum-security risk. 2. In late 2016, national statistics indicated that more than half (54%) of all state prison inmates were violent offenders, while nearly half (47%) of federal inmates were drug offenders. 3. Texas is the largest system state prison system followed by California and Florida. 4. The “electric telephone” was a torture device invented in Arkansas and regularly used at the Tucker State Prison Farm. 5. A banishment chair was a form of punishment that used a chair suspended over a body of water to torture inmates.

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