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Mini-Quiz: Waves and Obstacles

by Ron Kurtus

Take this Mini-Quiz to check your understanding of the lesson material.

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1. What do they call sound reflected off a distant wall?

Sound cannot be reflected

Wave motion

An echo

2. What happens to the speed of light in glass?

It becomes the speed of sound

It goes faster than in air

It goes slower than in air

3. What is diffraction?

Wave bends around edge

Wave travels like a ray

Wave is refracted

If you got all three correct, you are on your way to becoming a Champion in Physics. If you had problems, you had better look over the material again.

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Physics topics

Mini-Quiz: Waves and Obstacles

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Wave Motion topics

• Overview of Wave Motion

Basics

• Units of Frequencies and Wavelengths
• Waves and Obstacles
• Waveform Noise
• Pulse Waves

Doppler Effect

• Doppler Effect for Waveforms
• Conventions for Doppler Effect Equations
• Summary of Doppler Effect Equations
• Derivation of Wavelength Equations
• Derivation of Frequency Equations
• Derivation of Velocity Equations

Sound waves

• Overview of Sound Waves

Electromagnetic waves

• Overview of Electromagnetic Waves

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• Physics Survey Results
• Physical Science
• Astronomy
• Chemistry
• Algebra

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