
Wave Interactions Review Lesson
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9th - 12th Grade
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Christine Ruberti
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9 Slides • 15 Questions
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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
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4
Multiple Choice
The angle of incidence (incoming ray) will always equal the ray of reflection (outgoing ray).
True
False
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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
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Multiple Select
What changes as a wave passes through a new medium?
Speed
Wavelength
Amplitude
Direction of the wave
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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
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12
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
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Multiple Choice
What type of wave interaction is the interaction between waves that meet and overlap?
Reflection
Transmission
Transmutation
Interference
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Multiple Choice
Which type of interference would result if waves A & B overlapped?
Constructive interference
Destructive interference
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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Multiple Choice
What type of interaction does this picture represent?
Reflection
Interference
Refraction
Diffraction
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