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Waves - Behavior Vocabulary

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What wave behavior is most responsible for this illusion?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Diffraction

d)

Interference

e)

Photoelectric Effect

2.

Which of these wave behaviors is most responsible for creating an echo?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Diffraction

d)

Interference

e)

Resonance

3.

Which word describes best the bending of light through a glass prism?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Diffraction

d)

Interference

e)

Photoelectric Effect

4.

What best describes the reason why Jack can hear Jill through an opening? (As shown in the picture.)

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Interference

e)

Transmission

5.

Which word describes the above phenomenon?

a)

Destructive Interference

b)

Constructive Interference

c)

Refraction

d)

Resonance

e)

Reflection

6.

Which word best describes this phenomena?

a)

Destructive Interference

b)

Constructive Interference

c)

Photoelectric Effect

d)

Diffraction

e)

Resonance

7.

You can see better looking through glasses because of:

a)

Reflection

b)

Diffraction

c)

Refraction

d)

Constructive Interference

e)

Resonance

8.

Which of the following describes the picture?

a)

1st Harmonic

b)

2nd Harmonic

c)

3rd Harmonic

d)

4th Harmonic

e)

6th Harmonic

9.

An object appears black because of:

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Absorption

e)

Transmission

10.

You can see through a window because:

a)

Absorption

b)

Transmission

c)

Reflection

d)

Total Internal Reflection

e)

Photoelectric Effect

11.

An object appears white because:

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Total Internal Reflection

d)

Absorption

e)

Diffraction

12.
a)

Diffraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Photoelectric Effect

e)

Total Internal Reflection

13.

If you underwater, you can see the turtle also on the surface of the water because:

a)

Refraction

b)

Transmission

c)

Total Internal Reflection

d)

Reflection

e)

Diffraction

14.

Which of the following colors travels slowest through a glass prism?

a)

Red Light

b)

Blue Light

c)

Violet Light

d)

All colors travel at the same speed in glass.

15.

The double-slit experiment demonstrates which of the following wave behaviors? (Select all that apply.)

a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

c)

Resonance

d)

Diffraction

e)

Refraction

16.

The double-slit experiment demonstrates and proves that light:

a)

behaves like a particle.

b)

behaves like a wave.

c)

is a mechanical wave.

d)

is longitudinal.

17.

The light beams can travel through a fiber optic cable, because they can't escape due to:

a)

Refraction

b)

Total Internal Reflection

c)

Reflection

d)

Transmission

e)

Absorption

18.

Ultraviolet light hits a metal plate, ejecting electrons.

a)

Reflection

b)

Constructive Interference

c)

Resonance

d)

Photoelectric Effect

e)

Diffraction

19.

What creates wider diffraction angles?

a)

Smaller Holes

b)

Larger Holes

20.

Which of the following colors travel fastest in a glass prism?

a)

Red Light

b)

Blue Light

c)

Violet Light

d)

All colors travel at the same speed

21.

One tuning fork is vibrating causes another tuning fork to vibrate nearby without directly touching it.

a)

Refraction

b)

Constructive Interference

c)

Resonance

d)

Total Internal Reflection

e)

Diffraction

22.

A light beam in the air hits an acrylic lens with an incident angle of 35 degrees. What is a reasonable angle of refraction inside the lens?

a)

0 degrees

b)

25 degrees

c)

35 degrees

d)

42 degrees

e)

90 degrees

23.

Which of the following whites has a higher color temperature?

a)

Warm White

b)

Neutral White

c)

Cool White

24.

What are the primary colors for paints?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Magenta

d)

Yellow

e)

Cyan

25.

What are the primary colors for light beams (like in Theatre)?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

Cyan

e)

Green

26.

Due to the increasing proximity and doppler effect, a car siren approaching you:

a)

Both Amplitude and Frequency Increase

b)

Both Amplitude and Frequency Decrease

c)

The Amplitude Decreases and the Frequency Increases

d)

The Amplitude Increases and the Frequency Decreases

27.

An increase (or decrease) in the frequency of sound, light, or other waves as the source and observer move toward (or away from) each other.

a)

Resonance

b)

Diffraction

c)

Doppler Effect

d)

Constructive Interference

e)

Standing Waves

28.

When a celestial object is approaching earth, the color of its light will:

a)

Red-Shift

b)

Blue-Shift

c)

Not Be Affected

29.

When a star's colors appear to shift to the red side of the spectrum, this means that

a)

the star is getting closer.

b)

the star is spinning fast.

c)

the star is getting further away.

d)

the star is not moving.

30.

Which experiment shows that light is a wave?

a)

The photo-electric effect.

b)

The double-slit experiment.

c)

The hertz experiment.

d)

The time dilation experiment.

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