Waves Review

How are sound and light waves similar?

• both transmit energy
• both require a medium
• neither require a medium
• both transmit matter

All waves carry

• energy
• light 
• matter
• particles

Which of these CANNOT travel in empty space?

• electromagnetic waves
• mechanical

If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___

• frequency
• amplitude
• speed
• volume

High energy waves have a ____. 

• high frequency
• low frequency
• small amplitude
• big wavelength

If a sound was has a big amplitude, it will be a ____ sound. 

• soft
• loud
• high frequency
• low frequency

Sound travels fastest through ______.

• solids
• liquids
• gases
• empty space

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 type of 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