Wave Behaviors

• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?
• the substance through which a wave can travel
• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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When a wave passes from one medium to another, the ________ may change.

• speed
• frequency
• wavelength
• speed, frequency, and wavelength

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This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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Refraction occurs when _____________

• the wave's speed changes by entering a new medium
• a wave bounces off of a boundary
• waves parts meet each other
• waves bend around a barrier

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When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear

• a louder sound
• an echo
• a quieter sound
• nothing

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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What is causing you to be able to see two sets of mountains in this picture? 

• refraction of light
• reflection of light
• transmission of light
• absorption of light

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