Waves and Wave Properties

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Do sound waves travel fastest through solids, liquids, or gases?

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Sound waves travel fastest through solids.

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What is a benefit of absorbing waves?

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Noise and light is reduced.

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The main difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves is...

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Mechanical waves require a medium to travel.

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Which one of these wave properties does NOT belong here?

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Waves reverberate.

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What happens when a wave is reflected?

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The wave's direction is changed (usually back at where it came from).

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What are mechanical waves?

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Waves that require a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to travel.

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What are electromagnetic waves?

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Waves that do not require a medium and can travel through a vacuum.

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What is wave reflection?

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The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a barrier.

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What is wave refraction?

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The bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another.

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What is wave absorption?

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The process by which a wave's energy is taken in by a material.