help with transparent light

Question

a transparent object made of glass without any color

 

a.  absorbs all frequencies of visible light and re-emits them from atom to atom through the object

b.  absorbs all frequencies of visible light and transforms the energy into thermal energy

c.  has atomos or molecules whose natural frequencies resonate with the frequencies of visible light

d.  none of these

 

I think the answer is d

 

thanks

Answer 1

yes the answer is d. If the transparent glass absorbed the visible light then you wouldn't be able to see the other side of the glass. The photons do not have enough energy to excite the molecules and therefore goes through the glass. If the photon has the same energy as the natural frequencies of the electron levels, it would be absorbed but it isn't, so it does not get absorbed.