10.5 Interference and Wave-Particle Duality

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon when two waves combine to form a wave with a larger amplitude?

• Destructive Interference

• Constructive Interference

• Wave Diffraction

• Wave Reflection

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon when two waves combine to form a wave with a smaller amplitude?

• Destructive Interference

• Constructive Interference

• Wave Diffraction

• Wave Reflection

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon when one or more waves are present in a medium and they add to make a larger or smaller amplitude wave?

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Interference

What type of wave interference is being shown below?

• Constructive Interference

• Destructive Interference

• Resonant Interference

• Diffraction

What type of wave interference is being shown below?

• Constructive interference

• Destructive interference

• Diffraction

• Reflection

What is a photon?

• A particle of light with mass

• A particle of light with no energy

• A particle of light with all energy and no mass

• A particle of light with all mass and no energy

What does each frequency of light carry?

• A specific amount of mass

• A specific amount of energy

• A specific amount of charge

• A specific amount of momentum

What phenomenon does the double slit experiment demonstrate about light?

• Light is a particle

• Light is a wave

• Light is a solid

• Light is a gas

What happens to light when it encounters boundaries in the double slit experiment?

• It reflects

• It refracts

• It diffracts

• It absorbs

What type of interference results in bright spots in the double slit experiment?

• Destructive interference

• Constructive interference

• Neutral interference

• Reflective interference