Wave Behavior

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off it is called a....

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Interference

• Diffraction

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When a wave bends as it enters a new medium at an angle.

• refraction

• reflection

• diffraction

• Interference

The bending of a wave as it passes through an opening or around an obstacle.

• Interference

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• reflection

The interaction between two or more waves that combine in a region of overlap.

• Interference

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

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This type of interference combines the energies of two waves into a greater amplitude.

• Reflection

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Refraction

This type of interference reduces the energies of two smaller waves into a smaller amplitude eventually becoming flat.

• Destructive interference

• Constructive interference

• Reflection

• Mustard

Which of the following is shown above when you add the top two waves together and get the bottom wave?

• Reflection

• Mayonnaise

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Which of the following is shown above as the two top waves collide and form the bottom wave (line)?

• Destructive interference

• Constructive interference

• Reflection

• Hamburger