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Describe what will happen to a wave as it goes through a hole. What do you call this?

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Step-by-step explanation:

As the water waves go through the gap they spread out, this is called diffraction.

The longer the wavelength of the wave the larger the amount of diffraction.

The greatest diffraction happens when the gap size is about the same size as the wavelength.

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