Basic Wave Characteristics

What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?

• Constructive interference
• Destructive interference
• Increasing frequency
• Increasing period

What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?

• Constructive interference
• Destructive interference
• Increasing frequency
• Increasing period

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What letter demonstrates the wavelength of this wave?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

What letter demonstrates the amplitude of this wave?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which wave has a higher amplitude?

• The wave on top
• The wave on bottom
• They both have the same amplitude

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

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

• Constructive Interference
• Destructive Interference
• Refraction
• Diffraction

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which wave behavior do noise cancelling headphones use?

• diffraction
• refraction
• constructive interference
• destructive interference

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NGSS.HS-PS4-5

In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the matter is at its highest pressure is

• compression
• rarefaction
• line of equilibrium
• pressure point

In ___________, the two colliding wave combine amplitude/energy

• Constructive Interference
• Doppler Effect
• Reflection
• Refraction

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1