Waves

Which of the following helps to produce rainbows in the sky?

• DIFFRACTION
• INTERFERENCE
• ABSORPTION
• REFRACTION

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The major sources of energy on the Earth originates from

• FOOD
• FOSSIL FUELS
• PHOTOSYNTHESIS
• EM WAVES FROM THE SUN

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An electromagnetic wave is a wave that

• CAN TRAVEL ONLY THROUGH MATTER
• CAN TRAVEL ONLY THROUGH EMPTY SPACE
• CONSISTS OF CHANGING ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS
• IS THE SAME AS SOUND WAVES AND WATER WAVES

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A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded together is called a

• RAREFACTION
• COMPRESSION
• VIBRATION
• SURFACE WAVE

For a laboratory experiment, Miss Paiement wants to measure the amplitude of a transverse wave.  Which of the following distances is equal to the amplitude of a transverse wave?

• THE DISTANCE FROM ONE CREST TO THE NEXT
• THE DISTANCE FROM THE HIGHEST POINT TO THE LOWEST POINT
• THE DISTANCE FROM ONE TROUGH TO THE NEXT
• THE DISTANCE FROM THE REST POSITION OF THE WAVE TO THE HIGHEST POINT

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A wave can make a leaf bob up and down on the water, but it cannot move the leaf toward the shore.  This is because waves only transfer

• MATTER
• ENERGY
• MEDIA
• CREST

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The amplitude of a wave is related to its

• mass
• speed
• volume
• height

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The number of waves in a period of time is a wave's 

• frequency
• speed
• amplitude
• wavelength

When rays of light hit a smooth surface and bounce back at the same angle, this is called

• refraction
• reflection
• opaque
• transparent

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Light is bent as it passes from the air into the lens of eyeglasses.  This bending is called

• reflection
• refraction
• interference
• shifting

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