Wave properties and behaviors

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off of it

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?
• the substance through which a wave can travel
• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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

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

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The orca uses this behavior of waves to locate food.

• Refraction
• Reflection
• Absorption
• Transmission

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Which of the figures represents reflection?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Prisms separate light into the colors of the rainbow using what behavior of waves?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Absorption
• Transmission

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Which of the following represents refraction?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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