Wave Properties Quiz

What is reflection?

• The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

• The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave

• The return of light or sound waves bouncing off a smooth surface

What is refraction?

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The change in frequency of a wave as its source moves in relation to an observer

• The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

What is diffraction?

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The return of light or sound waves bouncing off a smooth surface

• The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

What is absorption?

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

• The return of light or sound waves bouncing off a smooth surface

• The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave

What is transmission?

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

• The return of light or sound waves bouncing off a smooth surface

• The movement of a wave through a medium

What is a standing wave?

• A wave pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but traveling in opposite directions, continuously interfere with each other, does not appear to be traveling

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

What is interference?

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave

• The return of light or sound waves bouncing off a smooth surface

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

What is destructive interference?

• Two waves combine to make a wave with an amplitude smaller than the amplitude of either of the individual waves

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

What is constructive interference?

• Two waves combine to make a wave with an amplitude smaller than the amplitude of either of the individual waves

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• Two waves combine to make a wave with an amplitude larger than the amplitude of either of the individual waves

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it

What is the Doppler Effect?

• The bending of waves around an obstacle; can also occur when waves pass through a narrow opening

• The change in frequency of a wave as its source moves in relation to an observer

• The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it travels from one medium to another

• The transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it