Wave Boundary Behaviors

This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Resonance

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Refraction occurs when _____________

• the wave's speed changes by entering a new medium

• a wave bounces off of a boundary

• waves parts meet each other

• waves bend around a barrier

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What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

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What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

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Match the following

• refraction

• occurs when a wave bends around an object

• reflection

• occurs when the energy from a wave is moved through and object without being absorbed or scattered

• transmission

• occurs when a wave is bounced off of an object

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The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it can NOT pass is called —

• rarefaction

• reflection

• diffraction

• refraction

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When a wave strikes an object and bounces off

• medium

• refraction

• reflection

• interference

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When a wave passes from one medium to another, the ________ may change.

• speed

• frequency

• wavelength

• speed, frequency, and wavelength

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When standing in the sun this behavior allows you to warm up as light and other waves hit your clothes. 

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission

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