Wave Interactions

Constructive interference will cause the wave to 

• Increase its displacement
• Decrease its displacement 
• Make its displacement stay the same

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Destructive interference is 

• When the two waves affect  each other in a negative way 
• The two waves add together and produce a single wave of greater amplitude
• Are in phase 

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What is interference?  

• occurs when two or more waves overlap and combine 
• occurs when two or more waves combine and neutralize each other 
• when one waves travels alone

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Which wave behavior do noise cancelling headphones use?

• diffraction
• refraction
• constructive interference
• destructive interference

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How loud or soft a sound is, is related to the _____________ of the wave

• amplitude
• frequency
• wave length
• rest position

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The changing pitch of a police siren as the car moves past you

• sound interfernce
• doppler effect
• constructive interference
• destructive interference

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Resonance occurs when

• an object is forced to vibrate at its natural frequency.
• sound changes speed in going from one medium to another.
• the amplitude of a wave is amplified.
• sound makes multiple reflections

The medium (or tension) through which a wave travels affects its...

• Wavelength
• Speed
• Amplitude

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Choose the word that belongs in the sentence. A sound wave is a type of ______________ wave.

• parallel
• transverse
• longitudinal
• perpendicular

What is "?" ?

• rarefaction
• compression
• expansion
• reflection

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