7th Grade Chapter 5.3 Review Quiz

What is the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not go through?

• absorption

• diffraction

• interference

• reflection

What is the bending of waves around barriers or through openings?

• absorption

• diffraction

• interference

• refraction

What is the interaction of light with matter that causes light to change direction?

• reflection

• scattering

• interference

• refraction

What is the combination of two or more waves that results in a single wave?

• reflection

• scattering

• interference

• absorption

What is the transfer of energy carried by light waves to particles of matter?

• reflection

• diffraction

• interference

• absorption

What is the bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one substance, or material, to another?

• interference

• diffraction

• refraction

• absorption

Fill in the Blanks: The amount a wave diffracts depends on its wavelength and ______________.

• frequency.

• the size of the barrier or opening.

• amplitude.

• speed.

Which of the following wave interactions occurs when waves combine and the resulting wave has a greater amplitude than the individual waves had?

• constructive interference

• diffuse reflection

• destructive interference

• regular reflection

Fill in The Blank: Refraction can separate white light into ____________.

• longer wavelengths.

• infrared waves.

• different colors.

• ultraviolet light.

Which of the following wave interactions occurs when waves combine and the resulting wave has a smaller amplitude than the individual waves had?

• constructive interference

• destructive interference

• regular reflection

• diffuse reflection