Waves Post Test Practice

Front

What is a wave?

Back

A wave is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

Front

What are the two main types of waves?

Back

Transverse waves and compressional (longitudinal) waves.

Front

What is a crest in a wave?

Back

The highest point of a wave.

Front

What is a trough in a wave?

Back

The lowest point of a wave.

Front

What is amplitude in a wave?

Back

The maximum distance that the wave moves from its resting position.

Front

What is wavelength?

Back

The distance between two consecutive crests or troughs in a wave.

Front

What is a medium in the context of waves?

Back

A medium is the substance through which a wave travels, such as air, water, or solid materials.

Front

Why can't sound travel in outer space?

Back

Because there is no medium (air or other substance) for the sound waves to travel through.

Front

What is a transverse wave?

Back

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave's travel.

Front

What is a compressional wave?

Back

A wave in which the particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave's travel.