Behaviors of Waves Review

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

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What happens when light hits a mirror?

• it makes a color
• it reflects
• it makes a rainbow
• it passes through

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which of the following represents refraction?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The two blue and purple waves will undergo _________________ when they meet.

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The image of the two waves depicts

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The two categories of waves are

• Mechanical

• Physical

• Electromagnetic

• Love

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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CCSS.8.EE.B.5