Wave Behavior Quiz

What best defines interference?

• The bouncing of a wave off a boundary or object

• The bending of a wave as it enters a new medium

• The spreading of a wave around an obstacle

• The overlapping of waves

What best defines diffraction?

• The bouncing of a wave off an object or boundary

• The spreading of a wave around an obstacle

• The bending of a wave as it enters a new medium

• The overlapping of waves

If the man throws the spear at the image, then he will miss the fish. This is because the water bends the light. What is this an example of?

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

What are echos an example of?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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What is the picture an example of?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

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The picture shows a prism. What property of waves causes the light to look like a rainbow as it exits the prism?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Interference

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According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

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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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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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