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Wave Interference

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's happening at A?

a)

Two crests are combining to create constructive interference.

b)

A crest and a trough are combining to create destructive interference.

c)

Two crests are combining to create destructive interference.

d)

A crest and trough are combining to create constructive interference.

2.

What is happening at B?

a)

Two crests are combining to create constructive interference.

b)

A crest and a trough are combining to create destructive interference.

c)

Two crests are combining to create destructive interference.

d)

A crest and a trough are combining to create constructive interference.

3.

What type of interference do noise cancelling headphones use?

a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

4.

Which type of interference occurs when sound waves produced by wind instruments become louder?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

5.

The moving black dot is called:

a)

a node

b)

an anti-node

c)

an anti-amplitude

d)

the wangy bit

6.

The stationary dot is called:

a)

a node.

b)

an anti-node.

c)

the amplitude.

d)

the not moving bit.

7.

When 2 waves temporarily interfere with each other then resume their course of movement, which of the following is true?

a)

They take on and keep a new amplitude based on the result of the interference until the end of the movement.

b)

They are not affected by the interference and maintain their original amplitude throughout the movement.

c)

Both waves are always counteracted and cease to exist.

d)

They temporarily take on a new amplitude due to the interference but resume their original amplitude until the end of the movement.

8.

When 2 waves meet and create a bigger wave

a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

9.

When two waves meet and create a smaller wave

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

10.

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

11.

Which word means the interference that occurs when two waves combine to make a wave with an amplitude larger than the amplitude of either of the individual waves?

a)

constructive interference

b)

control rod

c)

node

d)

standing wave

12.

Which word means the the interaction between waves that meet?

a)

node

b)

antinode

c)

reflection

d)

interference

13.

What word means a wave appears to stand in one place, even though it is two waves interfering as they pass through each other?

a)

reflection

b)

node

c)

standing wave

d)

diffraction

14.

What happens to the amplitude of two waves when they undergo constructive interference?

a)

The amplitude decreases.

b)

The amplitude remains the same.

c)

The amplitude increases.

d)

The waves cancel each other out.

15.

In a double-slit experiment, what is observed on the screen as a result of wave interference?

a)

A single bright spot.

b)

A series of bright and dark fringes.

c)

A completely dark screen.

d)

A uniform bright screen.