Asked by l.

Study the image below.

A picture of water from an inlet draining into the ocean.

What interaction causes the water to spread as they pass through the rock opening?

absorption
diffraction
reflection
refraction

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Diffraction.

When waves pass through an opening comparable to their wavelength, each point on the wavefront acts as a new source (Huygens' principle), causing the waves to spread out beyond the gap.