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Describe what happens when each type of the 7 waves encounters our planet?

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Light waves across the electromagnetic spectrum behave in similar ways. When a light wave encounters an object, they are either transmitted, reflected, absorbed, refracted, polarized, diffracted, or scattered depending on the composition of the object and the wavelength of the light.
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when a light wave encounters an object, they are either transmitted,reflected,absorbed,refracted,diffracted, or scattered depending on the wave
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