Wave Physics Quiz

What happens to the speed of light as it passes from air into water?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains the same

• It first decreases, then increases

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Which law states that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection?

• Snell's Law

• Newton's First Law

• The Law of Reflection

• Hooke's Law

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What is the phenomenon called when light waves bend as they pass from one medium to another?

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Dispersion

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The Doppler effect causes a sound to appear to have a higher pitch when the source of the sound is:

• Moving towards the observer

• Moving away from the observer

• Stationary relative to the observer

• Rotating around the observer

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What is the term for when an object vibrates at a natural frequency due to an external vibration matching this frequency?

• Diffraction

• Doppler effect

• Resonance

• Refraction

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What is the critical angle in optics?

• The angle of incidence that produces an angle of refraction of 90 degrees

• The smallest angle of incidence for which light is totally internally reflected

• The angle of incidence that results in maximum diffraction

• The angle at which light is neither refracted nor reflected

In the context of sound waves, what does the term "beats" refer to?

• The interference pattern between two sounds of slightly different frequencies

• The reflection of sound waves from a surface

• The refraction of sound waves as they pass through different media

• The increase in sound wave amplitude due to resonance

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What is the phenomenon of splitting white light into its component colors when passing through a prism called?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Dispersion

• Diffraction

When a sound wave source moves away from you, what happens to the pitch you hear?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains the same

• It fluctuates

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What type of interference occurs when two waves meet in such a way that their amplitudes cancel each other out?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Refractive interference

• Dispersive interference