Note: this review covers many of the topics we have studied this semester. These questions present topics only; their wording is not significant. The sequence of review topics may vary from their presentation sequence in class and in your text. For a complete topic coverage, refer to your text, notes, labs, activities, and SAMPLE: projects as the sources of examination questions.
 

1. Define: wave
2. What are the two classifications of waves?
3. Diagram the structure of a a) transverse wave b) longitudinal wave.
4. Compare the orientation of energy motion and particle displacement in mechanical waves.
5. Waves cause floating objects to move in what path?
6. Provide some examples of what energies travel through what media.
7. From a high altitude, what is the pattern of waves moving out from a disturbance center?
8. The degree of wave front curvature relates how to disturbance center size?
9. Relate: pulse, ripple, wave train.
10. Explain the change in a ripple's height as it moves away from a disturbance center.
11. What is the purpose of drawing rays?
12. What is their angular relationship to wave fronts?
13. Adjacent disturbance centers result in what overall wave pattern?
14. Superpositioning of waves has what results?
15. How does the phase relationship of waves affect the results of superpositioning?
16. What are the auditory results of superpositioning?
17. In what profession would auditory superpositioning be of concern?
18. Superpositioning would create what experience in a small boat?
19. Why is it said that light has a dual nature?
20. What simple demonstration illustrates this duality?
 

1. Create two sets of diagrams, one with rays, the other with wave fronts, depicting rectilinear
    propagation, reflection, refraction, and diffraction.
2. A car, a paved road, a dirt shoulder, water; how would you use these to show refraction?
3. How does surface texture create regular or diffuse reflection?
4. What weather conditions would reveal the path of an oncoming car's headlights?
5. Why are the facets of a diamond cut to certain angles?
 

1. What percentage of our perceptions are visual?
2. What are the evolutionary structures of the eye?
3. Diagram the parts of our eye and describe their function.
4. Diagram a silhouette viewed through a a) transparent b) translucent c) opaque panel.
5. Names the types of visible spectra and describe their production.
6. Which visible spectra are opposites? Why?
7. Can red light pass through a green filter? Explain.
8. Can blue cloth reflect indigo light? Explain.
9. Draw the light color wheel. Explain the center color.
10. How do the light and pigment color wheels compare?
11. Draw the pigment color wheel. Explain the center color.
12. Compare luminous intensity with illumination.
13. State two ways of producing polarized light.
14. Explain why polarizing sunglasses can reduce glare.
15. How can you test two pairs of sunglasses against each other for polarizing ability?
16. Diagram the types of eclipses.
17. Compare the umbra and penumbra of a solar eclipse regarding size and color.
18. What are the degrees of an eclipse?
 

1. Fill in the following comprehensive chart.
    Optical outline shape behavior # of signs image
    device name name cases f si so type
 

1. Diagram our ear.
2. What are the functions of its parts?
3. Define: infrasonic, ultrasonic, pain level of sound.
4. What wave type is associated with sound?
5. What in a wave corresponds to the loudness of a sound?
6. Singer, open grand piano; explain resonance.
7. When are beats created?
8. What is the sound of beats?
9. Define: fundamental tone.
10. Show the vibration pattern of a cello string that has two nodes.
11. The design of a violin is what type of resonance tube?
12. Describe a situation when we could hear the Doppler effect.
13. What is an echo echo echo?

14. What are the two types of charging?
15. Which type of charging occurs when a thundercloud approaches a golfer on the links?
16. What is the theory behind the use of lightning rods as protection for buildings during
      electrical storms?
17. What conditions encourage a lightning flash?
 

1. What types of electron motion create magnetism?
2. Name the types of materials that respond to magnetism.
3. Diagram the four left hand rules.
4. What are the modern uses of transformers?
5. Why were transformers a safety device when most home entertainment equipment
    had metal cases?