Constructive Interference and Destructive Waves

What type of interference is represented in this diagram?

• Constructive

• Destructive

What type of interference is represented in the diagram?

• Constructive

• Destructive

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What's happening at A?

• Two crests are combining to create constructive interference.

• A crest and a trough are combining to create destructive interference.

• Two crests are combining to create destructive interference.

• A crest and trough are combining to create constructive interference.

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What is happening at B?

• Two crests are combining to create constructive interference.

• A crest and a trough are combining to create destructive interference.

• Two crests are combining to create destructive interference.

• A crest and a trough are combining to create constructive interference.

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What type of interference do noise cancelling headphones use?

• Constructive Interference

• Destructive Interference

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Which type of interference occurs when sound waves produced by wind instruments become louder?

• Constructive

• Destructive

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True or False? Two waves cannot exist in the same space or in the same medium at the same time.

• True

• False

Through which material does sound travel slowest?

• Water

• Paper

• Aluminum

• Air

• None of the above

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When a compression interferes with another compression, what occurs?

• They counteract and the wave stops.

• They combine to create a larger compression.

• They combine to create a rarefaction.

• None of the above.

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When a crest and a trough interfere, what occurs?

• They combine to create a higher amplitude wave.

• They counteract and the wave either lessens or stops completely.

• The wave changes into a longitudinal wave.

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