Wave Interactions

What is the process by which a wave bounces off a surface when it encounters it?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Absorption

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

• Diffraction

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Reflection

What is the bending of waves around obstacles and the spreading of waves after they pass through an opening called?

• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

When two or more waves meet and combine to form a new wave, what is this called?

• Wave fusion

• Wave interference

• Wave amalgamation

• Wave combination

What type of wave pattern is formed when two waves of the same frequency and amplitude travel in opposite directions and interfere with each other?

• Standing wave

• Sine wave

• Triangle wave

• Square wave

What is the phenomenon in which an object is made to vibrate at its natural frequency by another vibrating object?

• vibration

• oscillation

• resonance

• refraction

When a wave vibrates at the natural frequency of an object, what phenomenon occurs?

• resonance

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction

What happens to the angle of reflection when a wave reflects off a surface?

• It is equal to the angle of incidence.

• It is perpendicular to the angle of incidence.

• It is double the angle of incidence.

• It is half the angle of incidence.

What happens to the speed of a wave when it moves from one medium to another?

• The speed of the wave becomes negative

• The speed of the wave doubles

• The speed of the wave can increase, decrease, or remain the same.

• The speed of the wave becomes zero

What is the term for the change in the direction of a wave as it passes from one medium to another at an angle?

• absorption

• refraction

• reflection

• diffraction