
AP Physics 2 Light Waves Review
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10th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A diffraction grating is used to measure the wavelength of monochromatic light, as shown in the diagram.
The spacing of the slits in the grating is 1.00 x10-6 m. The angle between the first order diffraction maxima is 70.0o.
What is the wavelength of the light?
287 nm
470 nm
574 nm
940 nm
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NGSS.HS-PS4-1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Interference of light is evidence that:
the speed of light is very large
light is a transverse wave
light is electromagnetic in character
light is a wave phenomenon
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a Young's double-slit experiment the centre of a bright fringe occurs wherever waves from the slits differ in the distance they travel by a multiple of:
quarter of a wavelength.
half a wavelength.
a wavelength.
three-fourths of a wavelength.
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NGSS.HS-PS4-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a Young's double-slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same fringe spacing on the screen, the screen-to-slit distance D must be changed to:
D/2
2D
4D
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS4-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
For destructive interference, the path difference is:
odd number of half wavelengths
even number of half wavelengths
whole number of wavelengths
even whole number of wavelengths
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NGSS.HS-PS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Constructive interference happens when two waves are:
out of phase.
zero amplitude.
in phase.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Two waves with phase difference 180° have resultant of amplitude
one.
zero.
same as the single wave.
doubles the single wave.
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