x-rays find application in medical scenarios for generating images of bones, tissues, and organs. While X-rays can penetrate tissues like skin, their ability to penetrate bone is comparatively lower. This property of x-rays is attributed to which characteristic of the rays?
The property of X-rays that is attributed to their ability to penetrate bone is their high energy. X-rays have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than visible light, which allows them to pass through soft tissues like skin but gets absorbed and scattered by denser materials like bones.
the answer choices are
A. their shorter wavelengths
B. their longer wavelengths
C. their shorter amplitudes
D. their longer amplitudes