Wave Interference and Diffraction

Practice Questions

AP Physics 2 › Wave Interference and Diffraction

Questions
3
1

Suppose that monochromatic light is passed through a sheet of glass from air. As it travels through the glass, it is refracted. Which of the following parameters of the light does not remain the same?

2

Wave interference is __________ when the amplitudes of the waves add together to make a larger wave overall, while it is __________ when the amplitudes of the waves work against one another to make a smaller wave overall.

3

When light __________ interferes, the result is __________ light overall, and when light __________ interferes, the result is __________ light overall.

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