Catch the Wave What are Waves

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What is carried by waves?

• energy

• time

• nothing

• space

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How do particles move in a wave to carry energy?

• vibrate

• move through the whole wave

• jump

• stand still

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What is a repeated back and forth or up and down motion called?

• jumping

• vibration

• sliding

• movement

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What is a substance through which a wave can travel?

• walls

• air

• medium

• low

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Which type of matter can be a medium?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• all of them

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Does the material move with the waves?

• yes

• no

• who knows

• I was alseep

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What waves require a medium to move?

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• time

• light

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What are the two types of mechanical waves?

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• energy

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How do particles in longitudinal waves vibrate?

• up and down

• long ways

• side ways

• back and forth

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How do particles in transverse waves vibrate?

• up and down

• long ways

• side ways

• back and forth

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What is a crest?

• lowest part of a wave

• highest part of a wave

• middle part of a wave

• the whole wave

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What is a trough?

• lowest part of a wave

• highest part of a wave

• middle part of a wave

• the whole wave

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What is a compression?

• section of a wave where all the particles are located

• section of a wave where particles don't exist

• section of a wave where particles are crowded together

• section of a wave where particles are spread apart

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What is a rarefaction?

• section of a wave where all the particles are located

• section of a wave where particles don't exist

• section of a wave where particles are crowded together

• section of a wave where particles are spread apart

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True or false: Sound travels in space?

• True

• False

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Which type of waves are sound waves?

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• longitudinal

• light

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Which type of waves are electromagnetic waves?

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• longitudinal

• light