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Science Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The bending of waves around the edge of a barrier. | Diffraction |
| The bending of waves due to a change in speed. | Refraction |
| When an incoming wave combines with a reflected wave to make a wave that appears to be standing still | Standing Wave |
| A wave that bounces off an object and reflects back to you. | Reflection |
| When two waves combine to make a bigger wave. | Constructive interference |
| When two or more waves overlap in space and the disturbance is equal to the sum of individual disturbances. | Destructive interference |
| The pulsation of two different waves of slightly different frequencies. | Beats |
| A phenomenon in which two waves superpose in order to make a wave of greater, lower, or same frequency. | Interference |
| A point on a standing wave where the wave has minimum amplitude. | Nodes |