Wave Interactions

Wave Interactions

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Multiple Choice

What type of wave interaction is described by the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Interference

Multiple Choice

The angle of incidence (incoming ray) will always equal the ray of reflection (outgoing ray).

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction is described a the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Interference

Multiple Select

What changes as a wave passes through a new medium?

• Speed

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Direction of the wave

Multiple Choice

What wave interaction is described as the bending of a wave as it moves around an obstacle or passes through a narrow opening?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Rarefaction

Multiple Choice

There is _______ relationship between the size of the opening a wave passes through and the amount of diffraction it experiences.

• no apparent

• a direct

• an indirect

Multiple Choice

What type of wave interaction is the interaction between waves that meet and overlap?

• Reflection

• Transmission

• Transmutation

• Interference

Multiple Choice

Which type of interference would result if waves A & B overlapped?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

Multiple Choice

What type of interaction does this picture represent?

• Reflection

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction