Behaviors

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
The light ray is-

• absorbed

• stopped

• reflected

• refracted

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Behaviors that are passed on from parents to offspring without teaching or training are called what?

• inherited or innate behaviors

• learned behaviors

• acquired traits

• imprinted behaviors

This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The orca uses this behavior of waves to locate food.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What type of wave behavior occurs when the energy is not transferred through, or reflected by, the medium, but instead goes into the medium?

• transmission

• transparent

• refraction

• absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What type of wave behavior exists when a dirty car is cleaned so well you can see yourself?

• reflection

• absorption

• transmission

• refraction

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Which two wave behaviors are responsible for us seeing different colors?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Transmission

• Absorption

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

During a lunar eclipse the moon blocks out the sun. However, some light is still able to bend around the moon and make it to the Earth. What wave behavior allows this to happen?

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Absorption