Properties of Waves

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A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space

• wave

• position

• time

• protein

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How are Electromagnetic waves different from Mechanical waves?

• EM waves have very short wavelengths

• EM waves transmit energy instead of matter

• EM waves can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)

• EM waves can change direction by reflection

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What is transferred by a wave?

• energy

• matter

• particles

• mass

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What part of the wave is a compression? 

• A
• B

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Which image represents a longitudinal wave?

• A

• B

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Which letter represents the trough of a wave?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Which letter represents the crest of a wave?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Amplitude is

• The distance between two crests

• The distance from rest to crest

• The number of waves per second

• The speed of a wave

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Frequency is

• The distance between two crests

• The distance from rest to crest

• The number of waves per second

• The speed of a wave

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The type of waves that require medium to pass:

• Mechanical Waves
• Electromagnetic Waves

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Which wave has a greater frequency?

• A
• B

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A mechanical wave cannot travel through...

• a vacuum(empty space).
• water.
• air. 
• glass.

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Sound waves are which type of waves?

• transverse

• seismic

• longitudinal

• frequency

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What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?

• Longitudinal waves
• Transverse waves
• Sound waves
• P-waves

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Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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If light passes through two different types of matter, it will do what?

• Reflect
• Refract
• Absorb
• Diffuse

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If someone is wearing a black shirt in the sunshine, what will the black do to the light?

• Reflect it
• Absorb it
• Refract it
• Diffuse it

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If light strikes a mirror at a 50⁰ angle, what angle will it come off of the mirror?

• 50⁰
• 70⁰
• 45⁰
• 30⁰

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Why does the pencil look broken?

• Light is refracting
• Light is reflecting
• Light is absorbing
• Light is diffusing

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What is light doing off this mirror?

• Reflecting
• Refracting
• Absorbing
• Scattering

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Which color absorbs all light?

• White
• Black
• Orange
• Green