Wave Behaviors Examples

Which object would be the best at reflecting light waves?

• windows

• mirrors

• notebooks

• tables

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__________ seperate white light into the spectrum.

• Rainbows

• Prisms

• Polarized lenses

• Life

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What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

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The type of wave that requires a medium to travel is

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

• Both of these

• Neither of these

What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?

• the substance through which a wave can travel

• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still

• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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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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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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Waves are disturbances that transfer ______ from one place to another.

• matter

• energy

• heat

• light

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The orca uses this behavior of waves to locate food.

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Transmission

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• absorption

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

• transmission

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