Wave Behavior

When light is reflected from a surface, as the angle of incidence increases, the angle of reflection _________.

• increases
• remains the same
• decreases
• cannot be determined

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

You can see this text, your desk, and the person in front of you because light is being _______.

• absorbed
• refracted
• diffracted
• reflected

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When a wave passes from one medium to another, the ________ may change.

• speed
• frequency
• wavelength
• speed, frequency, and wavelength

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When the crest of one wave passes through the trough of another wave, ______ takes place.

• resonance
• diffraction
• destructive interference
• constructive interference

A tuning fork starts to vibrate when a certain note is played on the piano, This is an example of _______.

• resonance
• refraction
• diffraction
• reflection

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NGSS.HS-PS4-5

In ________ interference, the energy of the combined wave is greater than the energy of each of the two waves.

• destructive
• rarefaction
• resonance
• constructive

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?

• reflection
• diffraction
• resonance
• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2