Unit 6 Test Review

The distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave is

• wavelength
• amplitude
• wave speed
• frequency

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What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

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What do we call the top of the wave?

• crest
• trough
• amplitude
• frequency

What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

Maurice is wearing a yellow shirt.  What behavior is causing our eye to see the yellow waves?

• absorption
• transmission
• reflection
• refraction

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This behavior occurs when waves bend from changing speed.

• refraction
• reflection
• transmission
• absorption

This behavior is what happens when waves bounce back when meeting a surface.

• refraction
• reflection
• transmission
• absorption

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What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

The number of wave lengths that pass by a point each per second is

• frequency
• crest
• longitudinal 
• transverse wave 

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Frequency is measured in 

• Pounds
• Hertz
• Joules
• Newtons 

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