Waves Lesson 3 - Wave Interactions Quiz

What is the term for the transfer of energy by a wave to the medium through which it travels?

• Transmission

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Reflection

What is the passage of light through an object called?

• Absorption

• Transmission

• Reflection

• Refraction

What is the concept that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection?

• Diffraction

• Law of Reflection

• Standing Wave

• Interference

What is the term for the change in direction of a wave when it travels by the edge of an object or travels through an opening?

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Refraction

What occurs when waves overlap and combine to form a new wave?

• Refraction

• Interference

• Reflection

• Absorption

What is the angle between the direction of the incoming wave and the normal?

• Angle of refraction

• Normal

• Angle of reflection

• Angle of incidence

What occurs when two or more waves combine to form a wave with a larger amplitude?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Refraction

• Reflection

What is diffraction of waves?

• The diffraction of waves is the absorption of waves by a medium.

• The diffraction of waves is the bending or spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around an obstacle.

• The diffraction of waves is the amplification of waves as they pass through a medium.

• The diffraction of waves is the reflection of waves off a surface.

When a wave changes direction as it passes from one medium to another, it is called?

• refraction

• diffraction

• absorption

• reflection

The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.

• law of refraction

• law of reflection

• law of diffraction

• law of incidence