Wave Interactions

Reflection is when waves bounce off and head in a different direction

• True

• false

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Refraction is the bending of waves

• true

• false

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Diffraction is when waves bend around an object

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• false

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Absorption is when the energy of the wave is transferred to the material that it encounters.

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• false

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The law of Reflection states that the angle of incidence

• is always 90 degrees

• is always 45 degrees

• doubled in degrees

• equals the angle of reflection

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the angle of incidence is the angle of the

• reflected wave

• incoming wave

• outgoing wave

• reflected light

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the two types of wave interference are

• open / closed

• inward / outward

• passive / aggressive

• constructive / destructive

Resonance is an increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object's natural frequency.

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• false

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Amplitude is the

• total height of the wave

• total length of the wave

• maximum distance the medium vibrates from the rest position.

• total wave energy in a vacuum

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A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• true

• false

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