Light Waves

Spiral Review Before the notes start

Multiple Choice

What is the property of the orange arrow (A) represent?

• Crest

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

Multiple Choice

What are waves used for?

• Transferring Energy

• Storing Energy

• Moving Objects

• Removing Energy

Multiple Choice

Which wave has the highest amplitude?

• A

• B

• C

• They have the same amplitude

Multiple Choice

Which one shows the wavelength of a wave?

Multiple Choice

Which wave in the diagram has the longest wavelength?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which wave is carrying more energy?

• The blue wave because it has a larger amplitude.

• The blue wave because it has higher frequency.

• The red wave because it has higher amplitude.

• The red wave because it has higher frequency.

Multiple Choice

What type of wave is a light wave?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

Multiple Choice

True or False:

Light travels in a straight line.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A form of energy that does not require a medium to travel.

• Light
• Sound

Multiple Choice

the bouncing of a wave off a surface

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

Multiple Choice

a material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• reflection

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a material through which light does not pass

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• reflection

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a material that allows almost all of the light striking it to pass through

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• reflection

Multiple Choice

Which diagram best represents refraction?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which wave behavior describes the process that occurs when a wave enters a new substance but stays in the new substance?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Transmission

Multiple Select

Which two wave behaviors are responsible for us seeing different colors?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Transmission

• Absorption

Lets Practice

Multiple Choice

the passage of light through a medium

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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the bouncing of a wave off a surface

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

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the transfer of energy from a wave to the medium through which it travels

• transmission

• reflection

• diffraction

• absorption

Multiple Choice

Which type of interaction is this?

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

Multiple Choice

Which type of interaction is this?

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• transmission

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This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected

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This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected

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This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected

Multiple Choice

This is an example of light been -

• Absorbed

• Transmitted

• Reflected