Waves and Vibrations

What are the two types of wave interference?

• Constructive & Instructive
• Constructive & Destructive
• Destructive & Instructive
• Static & Dynamic

What type of wave do musical instruments use to create sound?

• Standing Wave
• Pulse Wave
• Transverse Wave
• Compressional Wave

What is created when two waves at nearly the same frequency interfere with each other?

• Resonance
• Wave Reflection
• Standing Wave
• Beats

What is used to reduce vibration and resonance?

• Metals
• Shock Absorbers
• More Waves
• Nodes

The distance from the equilibrium position to the crest or trough is called the what?  Also known as the height of a wave.

• Trough
• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Crest

What is the top of the wave called?

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Trough
• Crest

What is the bottom of the wave called?

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Crest
• Trough

What is the length between one point of a wave to the same point on the next wave called?

• Wavelength
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Crest

Waves transfer ________, but they do not transfer _________.

• Matter, Energy
• Energy, Matter

There are two types of mechanical waves, what are they?

• Longitudinal Waves & Compression Waves
• Standing Waves & Pulse Waves
• Pulse Waves & Transverse Waves
• Transverse Waves & Longitudinal Waves