Interactions of Waves

Echoes are reflected sound waves.

• True

• False

• Maybe

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Light waves bounce off a surface

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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Light waves changing direction or bending as they pass from one medium to another

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

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Why does a pencil appear broken when it is placed in a glass of water?

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Refraction

• Transmission

• refraction

• diffraction

• angle of reflection

• angle of incidence

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Red light waves and yellow light waves travel through air and strike the surface of glass. Only the yellow light waves travel through the glass as shown in the figure below. Which of these phrases best describes what the glass does?

• reflects red light

• absorbs yellow light

• transmits yellow light

• transmits red light

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When a sound wave hits a wall and echoes back, this is an example of what?

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Reflection

• Interference

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When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear

• louder sound

• echo

• quieter sound

• nothing

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What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

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This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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