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Q: What is it called when a sound wave bounces off a surface?
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When a sound wave strikes a smooth hard surface the wave is?

When a sound wave strikes a smooth hard surface the wave bounces off. This means that the wave is deflected.


What do you call the bouncing of a waves from the surface?

reflectionWhen a wave bounces off a surface, it is said to have been reflected and the wave is called a reflection.reflectionWhen a wave bounces off a surface, it is said to have been reflected and the wave is called a reflection.


When a sound wave bounces off a hard surface it can have 2 names?

reflection


What is it called When a wave bounces of an object?

This is called reflection of sound. It's like a sound wave bouncing on a trampoline.


How does sound produce an echo?

to produce an echo, the sound wave bounces off a surface and then comes back


What occurs when a wave strikes an object or surface and bounces?

Waves bouncing off an object is called reflection.


What type of wave motion is it when the wave bounces off a surface and returns?

Reflection!


What occurs when a wave strikes an object or surface bounces off?

Waves bouncing off an object is called reflection.


When a wave hits a surface and bounces back it undergoes?

reflection


The bouncing of a sound wave off a surface?

The bouncing of a sound wave off a surface may result in an echo being heard.


When a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back it undergoes?

Echo, reprecussion, reverb, reverbration (sound). Reflection (light).


Is when a sound wave bounces off an object and returns in the direction from which it came?

that isnt a question...? Perhaps the question was to be something like: "What is happening when a sound wave bounces off an object and returns in the direction from which it came?" Answer: The sound is echoing.