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Wave Interactions

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of interference is represented in this diagram?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

2.

What type of interference is represented in the diagram?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

3.

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

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

4.

What is a general definition of wave interference?

a)

When a wave bounces off an object

b)

When more than on wave meet and interact in the same medium

c)

When a wave bends around a corner

d)

When a wave creates static

5.

What type of interference is being shown in the picture?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

6.

What type of interference is occurring in the picture?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

7.

What type of interference is occurring in the picture?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

8.

When 2 waves meet and create a bigger wave

a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

9.

Can we hear sound in a vacuum?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe

10.

What do we call it when the energy of a wave is transferred to the matter it is passing through?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

absorption

11.
Swimming pools and the ocean look shallower than they really are due to:
a)
reflection 
b)
dispersion
c)
refraction
d)
total internal reflection
12.

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

13.

This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

14.

The two categories of waves are

a)

Mechanical

b)

Physical

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

Love

15.

The two forms that waves can take are...

a)

Transverse

b)

Circular

c)

Diamond

d)

Longitudinal

16.

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

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

17.

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

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

18.

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

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

19.

When two waves meet and create a smaller wave

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive