Reflected, Refracted, Diffracted, and Interfered Waves

What does it mean to refract?

• bounce off
• to bend
• curve outward
• reflect

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What happens when light hits a mirror?

• it makes a color
• it reflects
• it makes a rainbow
• it passes through

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

• Diffraction
• Interference

• Reflection
• Refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

• Constructive Interference
• Destructive Interference

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

A wave that does not require a medium

• A. electromagnetic  wave. 
• B. surface wave
• C. medium
• D. transverse wave

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel

• A. electromagnetic  wave
• B. longitudinal wave
• C. mechanical wave
• D. transverse wave

The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave

• A. diffraction
• B. resonance
• C. reflection
• D. interference

The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not penetrate

• A. refraction
• B. reflection
• C. resonance
• D. standing wave

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

When the crests of one wave overlap the crests of another wave or waves, this occurs.

• A. diffraction
• B. destructive interference
• C. constructive interference
• D. resonant frequencies