Waves Quiz 2

When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example echo)

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)

• medium
• refraction
• reflection
• interference

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Refraction and diffraction are similar because they both involve __________________.

• water
• light
• the bending of waves
• wave interference

Which term best represents what happens when two wave pulses meet as they approach each other on a string?

• constructive interference
• destructive interference
• absorbed interference
• static interference

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

• glass
• medium
• area
• boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-1

Amplitude is the distance between

• the crest and the trough

• each wave

• the middle point of a wave and the clouds

• the crest or trough and the middle point of the wave

Tags

CCSS.HSF-IF.C.7E

Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

This refers to the spreading out of waves through an opening or around the edge of an obstacle.

• Interference

• Wavelength

• Intensity

• Diffraction

The lowest point on a wave is the:

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength