Waves, Light, and Sound

White light will refract into colors of the rainbow when it interacts with a:

• Prism

• Block of wood

• Mirror

• Metal table

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What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time?

• frequency

• wavelength

• midpoint

• crest and trough

The action of a wave bouncing off a surface is called __________________.

• rarefaction

• refraction

• reflection

• diffraction

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A _____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• compression

When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

• The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.

• The wavelength increases.

• The wavelength decreases.

• More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

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Wave frequency is measured in the unit of 

• hertz.

• pings.

• clicks.

• tones.

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The bouncing back of a light ray after hitting a surface is known as...

• diffraction

• refraction

• rebounding

• reflection

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What is the correct order of the visible light spectrum?

• Red, yellow, orange, blue, violet, indigo

• Violet, purple, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange

• Green, yellow, blue, indigo, red, orange,

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

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What wave has the longest wavelength and lowest energy?

• Gamma rays

• Infrared

• Radio

• Visible light

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Which wave has the longest wave length?

• top wave

• bottom wave

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