Waves

Waves

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What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter or particles
• Energy and matter or particles
• Matter or particles but not energy
• Neither energy nor matter or particles

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A wave carries...?

• energy only
• matter only
• energy and matter
• neither

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Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• light waves
• gamma rays

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What can electromagnetic waves travel through?

• mediums
• empty space
• solely solids
• both mediums and empty space

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What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

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Sound travels in which kind of wave?

• Longitudinal waves

• Transverse waves

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Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?

• Up and down
• Back and forth
• In zigzags
• Linear

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This is an example of ______________________.

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Wave, what wave?

• Slinky wave

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• Crest
• Trough
• Height
• Frequency

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• Trough
• Crest
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

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• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Trough

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Wavelength measures from

• Crest to Crest

• Crest the Resting Point

• Crest to Trough

• Crest to Amplitude

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What is a wavelength?

• How many waves pass a certain point

• The distance from one wave crest to another

• The entire length of a wave

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

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What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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What kind of wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• surface
• none of the above

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What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?

• Compressions and rarefactions
• Crests and troughs
• Compressions and crests
• Rarefactions and troughs

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Longitudinal waves are ______.

• Parallel
• Perpendicular
• Crazy

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In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the coils are close together are called what?

• longitudes
• rarefactions
• compressions
• contractions

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In longitudinal waves, the parts where the coils are spread apart are called what?

• rarefactions
• compressions
• mechanicals
• longitudes

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 A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?

• 500 m/s
• 50 m/s
• 5 m/s
• 0.5 m/s

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One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m.  The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz.  What is the speed of the wave?

• 3.00 m/s
• 2.50 m/s
• .75 m/s
• 1.25 m/s

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 A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?

• 25 m
• 125 m
• 5 m
• 25 m/s

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Reflection is when light...

• Bends

• Bounces

• Absorbs

• transmits

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Refraction is when light...

• Bounces

• Transmits

• Bends

• Absorbs

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What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection

• Refraction

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What is happening in this picture?

• Reflection

• Refraction

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Why does the straw appear to be bent?

• light is reflected

• light is absorbed

• light is turned

• light is refracted

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According to the Law of reflection, a light ray striking a mirror

• continues moving through the mirror in the same direction
• moves into the mirror at a slightly different angle
• bounces off the mirror toward the direction it came from
• bounces off the mirror at the same angle it hits.

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What is the angle of reflection equal to?

• The angle of refraction

• The angle of incidence

• The angle of absorption

• The angle of light