Wave Properties of Light

The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another is called?

• Convex Lens
• Refraction
• Concave Lens

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A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

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What is this image showing?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• The law of reflection
• Concave Mirror

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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When a wave strikes an object and bounces off of it

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

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When two waves combine to form a new wave with a smaller amplitude, it is called 

• Refraction
• Constructive Interference
• Resonance
• Destructive Interference

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When two waves combine to form a new wave with a larger amplitude, it is called 

• Diffraction
• Destructive Interference
• Resonance
• Constructive Interference

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If two overlapping waves are in-phase, the resultant wave will have ______ compared to the two waves.

• Greater amplitude
• Greater frequency
• Greater wavelength
• Greater wave speed

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this diagram illustrates...

• diffraction

• interference

• polarization

• refraction

Which diagram best represents the shape and direction of a series of wave fronts after they have passed through a small opening in a barrier?

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