Waves Review

This physics phan looks like he lost his head, because light waves bend as they travel from the glass to your eye. This is the result of what wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

The image demonstrates how light behaves as longitudinal wave with compressions (solid lines) and rarefactions (dotted lines). The points of in phase intersection (where the compression meets a compression or a rarefaction meets a rarefaction) represent what type of wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Constructive Interference
• Destructive Interference

The above waves are in phase and traveling through the same medium. The crests of wave 1 match with the crests of wave 2. This is an example of which wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Constructive Interference
• Destructive Interference

The above picture represents the interaction of two sources of waves. The dotted lines represent the trough of a wave and the solid lines represent the crest. Points A and D are said to be in phase because either two crests line up, or two troughs line up. What wave behavior is occurring at point B?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Constructive Interference
• Destructive Interference

The above waves are out of phase and traveling through the same medium. The crests of wave 1 match with the troughs of wave 2. This is an example of which wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Constructive Interference
• Destructive Interference

Above are two views of a street cleaner and his radio. What wave behavior allows the sound waves to spread out around the corner so that he can listen to Tupac while he cleans?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

What wave behavior is occurring at points A and B as the water spreads around obstacles and through a barrier?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

Bats, dolphins and other animals emit sound waves that bounce off of potential prey. This is called echolocation and is the result of what wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

The image above demonstrates how light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. What wave behavior is occurring as the particles and waves bounce off of the surface?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

The image above demonstrates how light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. What wave behavior is occurring as the particles and waves change speed and bend through the two mediums?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference