WAVES

A periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium

• A. surface wave
• B. transverse wave
• C. wave
• D. mechanical wave

A physical environment in which phenomena occur

• A. longitudinal wave
• B.  medium
• C. electromagnetic  wave
• D. transverse wave

A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel

• A. electromagnetic  wave
• B. longitudinal wave
• C. mechanical wave
• D. transverse wave

A wave that does not require a medium

• A. electromagnetic  wave. 
• B. surface wave
• C. medium
• D. transverse wave

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling

• A. surface wave
• B. transverse wave
• C. electromagnetic  wave
• D. longitudinal wave

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

• A. mechanical wave
• B. surface wave
• C. longitudinal wave
• D. wave

A transverse and a longitudinal wave that combine at or near the boundary between two media

• A. surface wave
• B. mechanical wave
• C. wave
• D. electromagnetic  wave

The number of waves produced in a given amount of time

• A. amplitude
• B. wave speed
• C. frequency
• D. wavelength

The speed at which a wave travels through a medium

• A. frequency
• B. wavelength
• C. wave speed
• D. amplitude

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position

• A. frequency
• B. wavelength
• C. wave speed
• D. amplitude