Wave Behavior

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Science

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6th - 9th Grade

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13 Slides • 15 Questions

Wave Behavior

Multiple Choice

You can see this text, your desk, and the person in front of you because light is being _______.

absorbed

refracted

diffracted

reflected

Multiple Choice

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

Reflection

Refraction

Absorption

Transmission

Multiple Choice

Light waves and sound waves are similar in that...

They are both longitudinal waves

They are both transverse waves

They both transmit energy

They both can travel through space.

Multiple Choice

What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

Refraction

Reflection

Absorption

Diffraction

Multiple Choice

The color you see is the color that is ___.

reflected

absorbed

Multiple Choice

A leaf is green, what does this tell you about the light that is being absorbed?

no light is being absorbed

green is being refracted and all the colors are being absorbed.

green is being absorbed and all the other colors are reflected

green is being reflected and all the other colors are being absorbed

Multiple Choice

What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

Refraction

Reflection

Absorption

Diffraction

Multiple Choice

When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear

a louder sound

an echo

a quieter sound

nothing

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents refraction?

Multiple Choice

Which of the figures represents reflection?

Multiple Choice

What is the definition reflection?

The bending of waves as they enter a new medium

Bouncing back of waves from a surface that it can’t pass through

The bending of waves as they pass through openings or around corners

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

The orca uses this behavior of waves to locate food.

Refraction

Reflection

Absorption

Transmission

Multiple Choice

What is happening in the picture?

refraction

reflection

absorbtion

Multiple Choice

What type of wave behavior is pictured above?

Refraction

Reflection

Absorption

Diffraction

Wave Behavior

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