Wave Properties Quiz

When a wave moves around a barrier or though an opening it is known as what?

• Diffraction
• Refraction
• Rarefaction
• Destruction

This image is representing what wave interaction?

• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Reflection
• Interference

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In ________ interference, the energy of the combined wave is greater than the energy of each of the two waves.

• destructive
• rarefaction
• resonance
• constructive

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When the crest of one wave passes through the trough of another wave, ______ takes place.

• resonance
• diffraction
• destructive interference
• constructive interference

A wave of constant wavelength diffracts as it passes through an opening in a barrier. As the size of the opening is increased, the diffraction effects

• decrease

• increase

• remain the same

What's happening at A?

• Two crests are combining to create constructive interference.

• A crest and a trough are combining to create destructive interference.

• Two crests are combining to create destructive interference.

• A crest and trough are combining to create constructive interference.

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What type of interference do noise cancelling headphones use?

• Constructive Interference

• Destructive Interference

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What is happening at B?

• Two crests are combining to create constructive interference.

• A crest and a trough are combining to create destructive interference.

• Two crests are combining to create destructive interference.

• A crest and a trough are combining to create constructive interference.

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When a compression interferes with another compression, what occurs?

• They counteract and the wave stops.

• They combine to create a larger compression.

• They combine to create a rarefaction.

• None of the above.

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When 2 waves temporarily interfere with each other then resume their course of movement, which of the following is true?

• They take on and keep a new amplitude based on the result of the interference until the end of the movement.

• They are not affected by the interference and maintain their original amplitude throughout the movement.

• Both waves are always counteracted and cease to exist.

• They temporarily take on a new amplitude due to the interference but resume their original amplitude until the end of the movement.