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mpobi80

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How do interference and diffraction differ? How are they similar?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Fossils typically contain little or no organic matter because
 
  A) the organic matter has been destroyed when the rock containing the fossil was melted deep within the Earth's crust
  B) over time inorganic minerals have gradually replaced the organic matter
  C) the organic matter has radioactively decayed into inorganic matter
  D) ancient organisms contained little organic matter


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Interference is the addition of a finite number (usually small number) of coherent waves whereas diffraction involves an infinite (uncountably large) number of waves.

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