WorksheetsWave Interference
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is a general definition of wave interference?
When a wave bounces off an object
When more than on wave meet and interact in the same medium
When a wave bends around a corner
When a wave creates static
When 2 waves meet on the same medium, how do they interact?
They bounce off one another
They travel through one another
They refract off one another
What type of interference is being shown in the picture?
Constructive
Destructive
What type of interference is occurring in the picture?
Constructive
Destructive
When two waves meet and create a bigger wave
Constructive Interference
Destructive Interference
When two waves meet and create a smaller wave
Constructive
Destructive
When a wave repeatedly reflects and interferes with itself
Interference waves
Standing waves
Sitting waves
Reflection waves
Each object's own special frequency
Constructive interference
Destructive interference
Natural frequency
Standing wave
When an object is forced to vibrate at its natural frequency
resonance
diffraction
interference
reflection
Which of the following are examples of resonance
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge falls apart
Pushing a child on a swing at exactly the right moment
A clothes washer that is out of balance
All of the above
A tuning fork with a frequency of 440 Hz and one of 442 Hz are sounded together. The beat frequency heard would be
440 Hz
4 Hz
2 Hz
1 Hz
When an object is forced to vibrate at its natural frequency
(a)
A point in a standing wave that experiences zero displacement
(a)
Alternating destructive and constructive interference between two frequencies
(a)
When a wave’s crests overlap with the troughs of another wave
(a)
The wavelength of a 256 Hz sound wave is 1.25 m. What is the wave speed?
(a)
In which of the following would sound travel fastest?
Water
Air
Steel
Sound travel fastest at
0 degrees Celsius
-20 degrees Celsius
10 degrees Celsius
20 degrees Celsius
Which of the following represents the fundamental frequency?
