Wave Behaviors Quiz

What is the behavior of a wave when it bounces back after hitting a barrier?

• Resonance

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Refraction

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What is the bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another at an angle?

• Refraction

• Doppler Effect

• Resonance

• Reflection

What is the bending of waves around a barrier or through an opening?

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Resonance

• Interference

What is the behavior where one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational motion?

• Doppler Effect

• Resonance

• Interference

• Reflection

What causes an apparent decrease in frequency and amplitude due to a moving source or observer?

• Resonance

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Doppler Effect

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What is the angle at which a ray strikes a surface equal to the angle at which it is reflected?

• Normal line

• Angle of reflection

• Incident ray

• Angle of incidence

What is the behavior of waves when they are transmitted through a substance?

• Transmission

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

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What type of waves are sound waves?

• Transverse waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• Longitudinal waves

• Mechanical waves

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What is the speed of sound in miles per hour?

• 1500

• 1230

• 2000

• 767

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What is the phenomenon where sound cannot travel through a vacuum?

• Resonance

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Doppler Effect