Observing which phenomenon in a disturbance can be taken as support that the disturbance is a wave?
Ainterference
Breflection
Cabsorption
Dconduction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. interference
1. Interference effects are cited as one way to support that something is a wave.
2. This matches option A.
3. Reflection, absorption, and conduction, options B, C, and D, are not the phenomenon singled out as support for wave behavior here.
_Source: OpenStax Physics (CC BY 4.0), Ch 14 "Sound", section 14.4 Sound Interference and Resonance_
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