Wave Behaviors Examples

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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Hey!  That straw looks broken.  Why?

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

• absorption

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Which of the figures represents reflection?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

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What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

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The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it can NOT pass is called —

• rarefaction

• reflection

• diffraction

• refraction

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Refraction occurs when _____________

• the wave's speed changes by entering a new medium

• a wave bounces off of a boundary

• waves parts meet each other

• waves bend around a barrier

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When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.

• medium

• refraction

• reflection

• interference

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When a wave strikes an object and bounces off

• medium

• refraction

• reflection

• interference

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