Wave Process Identification

Question 1

Wave process that is separates combination light into its constituent frequencies

Answer 1

Dispersions

Question 2

Wave process that allows a radio wave to bend around the door and down the hallway

Answer 2

Diffraction

Question 3

Wave process that causes a mirage

Answer 3

Refraction

Question 4

Wave process that is occurring in a fiber optic

Answer 4

Total internal reflection/ TIR

Question 5

Wave process that makes a fish seem shallower than what it is

Answer 5

Refraction

Question 6

Wave process that bends light due to a change in velocity

Answer 6

Refraction

Question 7

Wave process that causes two lights waves to destroy each other

Answer 7

Destructive interference

Question 8

Wave process that allows you to see things in a mirror

Answer 8

Speculation refraction

Question 9

Wave process that creates dispersion in the electroscopes and separates light into its constituent frequencies

Answer 9

Diffraction

Question 10

The selective filtering of specific orientations of a transverse wave

Answer 10

Polarization

Question 11

Wave process that allows us to see most objects

Answer 11

Diffuse reflection

Question 12

Two wave processes used to produce a rainbow in a water droplet

Answer 12

TIR and Dispersion

Question 13

Wave process that explains why light coming from a moving source changes colors

Answer 13

Doppler effect

Question 14

Wave process that creates images for a mirror

Answer 14

Specular reflection

Question 15

Two wave processes that can create a larger amplitude

Answer 15

Resonance and constructive interference

Question 16

Wave process that requires the wavelength of wave to be about the size of the object or opening through which it is traveling

Answer 16

Diffraction

Question 17

Two wave processes that can bend light waves

Answer 17

Refraction and daffraction….diffraction

Question 18

Wave process that allows us to see the sun for an extra 5 minutes each day

Answer 18

Refraction

Question 19

Wave process that occurs when waves meet waves and are in phase

Answer 19

Constructive interference

Question 20

Wave process that creates an image of the sky on the road

Answer 20

Refraction

Question 21

Angle of incidence that produces an angle of refraction of 90 degrees

Answer 21

Critical angle

Question 22

When they process occurs, a light wave is absorbed by the medium and changed into heat

Answer 22

Resonance