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Wave Behaviors

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

2.

This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

3.

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

4.

Definition: When one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational motion.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

5.

The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Resonance

b)

Doppler Effect

c)

Polarization

d)

Diffraction

6.

The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Resonance

b)

Doppler Effect

c)

Interference

d)

Polarization

7.

The two blue and purple waves will undergo _________________ when they meet.

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

8.

The image of the two waves depicts

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

9.

Definition: the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Polarization

10.

Definition: when a wave reaches the interface between two different media, typically some of the wave will bounce back into the original medium.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Polarization

11.

Definition: The spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around objects.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

12.

Which of the pictured is responsible for our sky being blue?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

13.

Which of the pictured is responsible for black pavement being hot?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

14.

Which of the pictured is responsible for us being able to see objects?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

15.

A curved piece of glass that bends light toward a central focal point is called a(n)______.

a)

mirror

b)

concave lens

c)

convex lens

d)

filter

16.

A _____ is sound waves that reflect off of a hard surface.

a)

echo

b)

amplitude

c)

opaque

d)

frequency

17.
Why does a purple shirt appear purple?
a)
the shirt material REFLECTS all wavelengths of color 
b)
the shirt material transmits all wavelengths of color except the purple
c)
the material absorbs all wavelengths of color except the purple wavelength
18.
What is a medium?
a)
something between a small and a large?
b)
the substance through which a wave can travel
c)
a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
d)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
19.

Based on the image, as light passes from medium 1 to medium 2

a)

light speeds up and bends towards the normal

b)

light speeds up and bends away from the normal

c)

light slows down and bends towards the normal

d)

light slows down and bends away from the normal

20.

Based on the image, which medium has a larger index of refraction?

a)

Medium 1 has a larger index of refraction.

b)

Medium 2 has a larger index of refraction.

c)

Both mediums have the same index of refraction.

d)

Cannot be determined.