Middle School Physical Science Flashcards: Predict Wave Behavior

Study Predict Wave Behavior in Middle School Physical Science with focused flashcards that help you recognize the idea, recall the key rule, and apply it in practice-style prompts.

QUESTION

What happens to wave speed when a wave enters a material where it travels faster?

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ANSWER

Wave speed increases in the new material. Waves travel at different speeds in different materials based on their properties.

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Light is traveling through air and hits the surface of a swimming pool at an angle. Water is an optically denser medium than air, so light travels slower in water (about

0.75c

). What is the most likely set of things that happen at the air–water boundary?

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