Exploring Wave Behavior in Materials

Which of the following can travel through both matter and empty space?

• Sound

• Light

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When light hits a solid or opaque barrier, what is usually created?

• A rainbow

• A shadow

• Nothing

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When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another, this is known as:

• Medium

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Interference

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When light bounces off a smooth surface, this is known as which of the following?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Deflection

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Light waves shining straight through a window is an example of:

• Reflection

• Transmission

• Absorption

• Sound

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Which of the images best describes the __reflection__ of light?

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This image is representing what wave interaction?

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Interference

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Which of the figures represents refraction?

• A

• B

• D

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A wave transfers:

• matter
• water
• energy
• particles

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When light is absorbed it is converted into:

• Sound

• White

• Heat

• Nothing it just disappears

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