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What process occurs when all of the energy from light waves is transferred to a medium?

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Absorption

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Absorption, in wave motion, the transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it. ... Substances are selectively absorbing—that is, they absorb radiation of specific wavelengths.

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absorption happens when all of the energy from light waves is transferred to a medium.
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