Waves 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 longitudinal waves.

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 longitudinal wave?

Back

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

Front

What is amplitude in a wave?

Back

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium move from their rest position.

Front

How does amplitude affect wave energy?

Back

Higher amplitude means more energy; waves with greater amplitude carry more energy.

Front

What is frequency in the context of waves?

Back

The number of waves that pass a given point in one second, measured in Hertz (Hz).

Front

How is wavelength defined?

Back

The distance between two consecutive points that are in phase on a wave, such as crest to crest or trough to trough.

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What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?

Back

Higher frequency waves have shorter wavelengths, and lower frequency waves have longer wavelengths.

Front

What happens to light waves when their amplitude increases?

Back

They get brighter.