Types of Waves

How would you describe the movement of a longitudinal wave?

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

How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?

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

Sound is an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Light is an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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Which wave can travel in both a medium and a vacuum?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Which wave can only travel using a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Which wave travels perpendicular in relation to a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

How would you describe the amplitude of a transverse wave?

• From centerline to crest or trough
• Density of the compression
• From centerline to compression
• Density of rarefaction

How do you measure the wavelength of a longitudinal wave?

• Crest to crest
• Middle of compression to middle of next compression
• You cannot measure the wavelength.
• It does not have a wavelength.

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