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4 types of Wave Behaviors

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What principle is responsible for light spreading as it passes through a narrow slit?

a)

refraction

b)

polarization

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

2.

What type of interference is represented in this diagram?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

3.

What type of interference is represented in the diagram?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

4.

Review: What is it called when a wave bounces off an object?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

5.

When 2 waves meet and create a bigger wave

a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

6.

When two waves meet and create a smaller wave

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

7.

how does diffraction work

a)

it goes through water and air

b)

is a beam of light stopping at a wall

c)

it bounces off of light

d)

is the bending of light as it passes around the edge of an object

8.
This image is representing what wave interaction?
a)
Refraction
b)
Diffraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Interference
9.

Light refracts when:

a)

It changes speed

b)

It changes from a particle to a wave

c)

Its density changes

d)

It encounters a solid object

10.

What would you call this?

a)

Reflection

b)

Diffraction

c)

Refraction

d)

Friction

11.

What would you call this?

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Bends

d)

Reflection

12.

Which picture is diffraction

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.
The medium (or tension) through which a wave travels affects its...
a)
Wavelength
b)
Speed
c)
Amplitude
14.
Which of the following is the bending of a wave, which changes its speed.
a)
Reflection
b)
Diffraction
c)
Refraction
d)
Frequency
15.
The picture best represents
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Diffraction
d)
Interference
16.

What is it called when two waves combine to form a new wave?

a)

reflection

b)

diffraction

c)

interference

17.

A straw in a glass of water looks bent.

a)

refraction

b)

diffraction

c)

angle of reflection

d)

angle of incidence

18.

What word means the bouncing back of an object or wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass?

a)

refraction

b)

reflection

c)

node

d)

resonance

19.

Which word means the bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle , caused by a change in speed?

a)

reflection

b)

standing wave

c)

node

d)

refraction

20.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

21.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

22.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

23.

The bending of a wave due to the change in speed is called

a)

interference

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

24.

Reflection occurs when a wave

a)

bends due to a change in speed

b)

hits a surface and bounces back

c)

passes through an opening

d)

bends around a barrier