Wave Check: Test Review

how does diffraction work

• it goes through water and air

• is a beam of light stopping at a wall

• it bounces off of light

• is the bending of light as it passes around the edge of an object

Refraction is the bending of a wave disturbance as it passes from one _________ into another.

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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Which diagram shows refraction?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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The highest point on a wave is:

• the crest
• the trough
• the top
• the coast 

The lowest point on a wave is the:

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength

Velocity= ________
Wavelength= .5m
Frequency= 150 hertz

• .75 m/s
• 75 m/s
• 300 m/s

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Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest 
• amplitude

Which is a Longitudinal Wave?

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