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Interactions of Waves and Wave Speed Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Sound waves travel faster through solids than through liquids.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or false: Sound waves travel faster through gases than through solids.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or False: Sound waves travel fastest through liquids and the slowest through solids.

a)

False

b)

True

4.

Light travels fastest through a ______ because ______

a)

air; the particles are spread farthest apart

b)

glass; the particles are closest together

c)

vacuum; there are no particles

d)

water; the particles are fluid

5.

The __________ most greatly affects the speed of a sound wave

a)

the amplitude of the sound wave

b)

the properties of the medium the sound is travelling through

c)

the frequency of the sound wave

d)

the intensity of the medium the sound is travelling through

6.

Which type of wave CANNOT be transferred through outerspace

a)

light

b)

gamma rays

c)

microwaves

d)

sound

7.

Which is true about the speed of light versus the speed of sound?

a)

light waves travel slower than sound waves

b)

both light and sound travel at the same exact speed

c)

sound waves travel slower than light waves

d)

there is no way to ever know

8.

in refraction: the more a light wave bends, the ________ it is travelling

a)

slower

b)

faster

9.

Which material does light pass through the slowest?

a)

air

b)

water

c)

glass

d)

diamond

10.

What type of wave interaction is shown?

a)

diffraction

b)

reflection

c)

refraction

d)

interference

11.

Standing waves are caused by

a)

reflection

b)

wave interference

c)

refraction

d)

wave speed

12.

Which phenomena of light is shown?

a)

refraction

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

interference

13.

Points B and D show

a)

antinodes where destructive interference occurs

b)

nodes where destructive interference occurs

c)

nodes where constructive interference

d)

antinodes where constructive interference occurs

14.

diffraction is

a)

the bending of light rays when they encounter the edge of a barrier?

b)

the bending of light waves as they change speed

c)

the bouncing of a light wave off of a surface

d)

the interaction between two waves that destruct

15.

What is the change in the direction of a wave when it passes obliquely from one medium to another called?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

superposition

16.

Points A, C, and E are showing

a)

nodes where constructive interference is occurring

b)

nodes where destructive interference is occurring

c)

antinodes where constructive interference is occurring

d)

antinodes where destructive interference is occurring

17.

Light waves pass through two openings and interfere, the light wave that is pictured. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the areas that are produced?

a)

The bright areas are produced by the destructive refraction of light waves.

b)

. The dark areas are produced by the destructive refraction of light waves.

c)

The bright areas are produced by the constructive interference of light waves.

d)

The dark areas are produced by the constructive interference of light waves.

18.

when a crest of one wave, interacts with a trough of a second wave, what is the result?

a)

constructive interference

b)

superposition

c)

destructive interference

d)

antinodes

19.

when a trough of one wave interferes with a trough of a second wave, what is the result?

a)

superposition

b)

refraction

c)

destructive interference

d)

constructive interference

20.

What phenomena is pictured?

a)

constructive interference

b)

destructive interference

c)

reflection

d)

diffraction