Wave Interference and Standing Waves

What type of interference is being shown in this image?

• Constructive; sound

• Constructive; light

• Destructive; sound

• Destructive; light

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Which word means the interference that occurs when two waves combine to make a wave with an amplitude smaller than the amplitude of either of the individual waves.

• constructive interference

• node

• destructive interference

• antinode

In a standing wave, destructive interference creates points of zero amplitude called nodes. Which letters represent this.

• A,E,F

• B,D,F

• B,C,D

• A,C,F

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In a standing wave, constructive interference creates larger amplitudes.  The points of maximum amplitude are antinodes.  The letters for these are?

• B,C,D

• A,E,F

• A,C,F

• B,D,E

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When a crest interferes with another crest to produce a larger amplitude crest what is this process called?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

When a crest and crest or trough and trough of two different waves interact you _________ the amplitudes.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

When a crest and trough of two different waves interact you _________ the amplitudes.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

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When the ___________ of the crest and trough are equal in magnitude (size) when the waves interact they will cancel each other out completely.

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

• strength

What is the phenomenon called when two waves meet and the resulting wave has a smaller amplitude than either of the original waves?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Resonance

• Diffraction

In a standing wave, what is the term for the points that remain stationary?

• Nodes

• Antinodes

• Crests

• Troughs

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