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PHYS 1010 Final Exam Practice Questions with complete solution 2026/2027 The distance between repeating points on a wave is known as the... wavelength frequency speed period - correct answer Wavelength The time between repeating points on a wave is known as the... period frequency wavelength speed - correct answer period The process through which noise cancelling headphones work is called... destructive interference resonant frequencies "in-phase" interference longitudinal interference - correct answer destructive interference Humans interpret the amplitude of a sound wave as... loudness pitch

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PHYS 1010 Final Exam Practice
Questions with complete solution
2026/2027
The distance between repeating points on a wave is known as the...

wavelength

frequency

speed

period - correct answer ✔Wavelength



The time between repeating points on a wave is known as the...

period

frequency

wavelength

speed - correct answer ✔period



The process through which noise cancelling headphones work is called...

destructive interference

resonant frequencies

"in-phase" interference

longitudinal interference - correct answer ✔destructive interference



Humans interpret the amplitude of a sound wave as...

loudness

pitch

, frequency

octaves - correct answer ✔loudness



The change in the pitch of sound that occurs because the source is moving is a result of...

the Doppler Effect

the Photoelectric Effect

resonant frequencies

"in-phase" interference - correct answer ✔the Doppler effect



Different colors of light correspond to their...

frequencies

intensities

velocities

polarities - correct answer ✔frequencies



When light strikes the surface of an object, which of the following can happen?

absorption

reflection

refraction

interference

diffraction - correct answer ✔absorption

reflection

refraction



The fact that light moves slower in some materials than others is the cause of...

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