Behavior of Waves

What is causing you to be able to see two sets of mountains in this picture? 

• refraction of light
• reflection of light
• transmission of light
• absorption of light

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Hey!  That straw looks broken.  Why?

• reflection
• refraction
• transmission
• absorption

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The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

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Maurice is wearing a yellow shirt.  What behavior is causing our eye to see the yellow waves?

• absorption
• transmission
• reflection
• refraction

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What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

What do we call the top of the wave?

• crest
• trough
• amplitude
• frequency

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

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Frequency is a measure of...

• length of the wave
• height of the wave
• number of waves a second
• number of waves an hour

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The blue section of the wave is measuring _________________.

• wavelength
• crest
• trough
• amplitude 

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