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Wave Interference

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

When 2 waves meet on the same medium, how do they interact?

a)

They bounce off one another

b)

They travel through one another

c)

They refract off one another

3.

What type of interference is being shown in the picture?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

4.

What type of interference is occurring in the picture?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

5.

When two 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.

When a wave repeatedly reflects and interferes with itself

a)

Interference waves

b)

Standing waves

c)

Sitting waves

d)

Reflection waves

8.

Each object's own special frequency

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

c)

Natural frequency

d)

Standing wave

9.

When an object is forced to vibrate at its natural frequency

a)

resonance

b)

diffraction

c)

interference

d)

reflection

10.

Which of the following are examples of resonance

a)

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge falls apart

b)

Pushing a child on a swing at exactly the right moment

c)

A clothes washer that is out of balance

d)

All of the above

11.

A tuning fork with a frequency of 440 Hz and one of 442 Hz are sounded together. The beat frequency heard would be

a)

440 Hz

b)

4 Hz

c)

2 Hz

d)

1 Hz

12.

When an object is forced to vibrate at its natural frequency

(a)  

13.

A point in a standing wave that experiences zero displacement

(a)  

14.

Alternating destructive and constructive interference between two frequencies

(a)  

15.

When a wave’s crests overlap with the troughs of another wave

(a)  

16.

The wavelength of a 256 Hz sound wave is 1.25 m. What is the wave speed?

(a)  

17.

In which of the following would sound travel fastest?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

Steel

18.

Sound travel fastest at

a)

0 degrees Celsius

b)

-20 degrees Celsius

c)

10 degrees Celsius

d)

20 degrees Celsius

19.

Which of the following represents the fundamental frequency?

a)

b)

c)

d)