Sound Waves

Front

What is transported by a wave?

Back

energy

Front

How are the particles of the medium vibrating in a transverse wave?

Back

parallel to the y-axis

Front

What is true for the mechanical wave in the slinky activity conducted by Lance and Kasi?

Back

It transmits energy only

Front

What kind of wave requires the particles of a medium to vibrate and transfer energy?

Back

Seismic Wave

Front

Which wave is classified as a mechanical wave?
Options: microwave, infrared wave, sound wave, radio wave

Back

sound wave

Front

Which type of wave can be a longitudinal wave? Options: light waves, seismic wave, electromagnetic wave, surface ocean waves

Back

seismic wave

Front

Which list below includes mechanical waves only?

Back

seismic waves, sound waves, and water waves

Front

What will happen to a fishing boat 500 miles from the Hawaiian coast when a tsunami passes beneath it?

Back

The boat will bob up and down as the wave passes beneath it, but the wave will not carry the boat either toward or away from shore.

Front

The diagram shows a readout from a device that measures sound waves.

How should these waves be described?

• mechanical longitudinal
• compressional electromagnetic
• compressional transverse
• mechanical transverse

Back

mechanical longitudinal

Front

Properties of waves listed by a student. Which are listed incorrectly? Options: 3 and 2, 4 and 1, 2 and 4, 1 and 3.

Back

2 and 4