Wave Behaviors

Wave Behaviors

How do waves actually move?

Poll

Which is not a wave behavior?

• Reflection

• Rarefaction

• Absorption

• Transmission

Multiple Choice

Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?

• A
• D
• B & F
• F

Multiple Choice

Refraction occurs when _____________

• the wave's speed changes by entering a new medium
• a wave bounces off of a boundary
• waves parts meet each other
• waves bend around a barrier

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents refraction?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Multiple Choice

Which of the figures represents reflection?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Multiple Choice

When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

Multiple Choice

This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

Multiple Choice

All waves carry 

• water
• light
• energy
• sound

Multiple Choice

Which of the pictured is responsible for black pavement being hot?

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Scattering

• Absorption

Multiple Choice

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

Multiple Choice

When the light's energy is _______, this causes the highway to gain energy and warm up.

• absorbed

• transmitted

• refracted

• reflected

Multiple Choice

What process occurs when all of the energy from light waves is transferred to a medium?

• refraction

• absorption

• transparency

• metamorphosis

Multiple Choice

What type of wave behavior occurs when the energy is not transferred through, or reflected by, the medium, but instead goes into the medium?

• transmission

• transparent

• refraction

• absorption

Multiple Choice

The student looks out the window and clearly sees other students outside. What is happening to MOST of the light that hits the window from the outside?

• The light is being absorbed.

• The light is being reflected.

• The light is being transmitted.

• The light is being scattered.

Multiple Choice

The passing of a wave through a material

• absorption
• transmission
• reflection

Multiple Choice

Waves are disturbances that transfer ______ from one place to another.

• matter
• energy
• heat
• light

Multiple Choice

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

Multiple Choice

Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

Multiple Choice

Definition: when a wave reaches the interface between two different media, typically some of the wave will bounce back into the original medium.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Polarization

Multiple Choice

Definition: the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Polarization

Multiple Choice

The image of the two waves depicts

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

Multiple Choice

The two blue and purple waves will undergo _________________ when they meet.

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

Multiple Choice

The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Resonance

• Doppler Effect

• Interference

• Polarization