Waves Quiz Review

What is it called when light white is broken by a prism into the rainbow?

• Dispersion
• reflection
• compression
• rarefraction

The highest point of a wave is?

• crest
• trough
• point of origin
• comppression point

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What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time?

• frequency
• wavelength
• midpoint
• crest and trough

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The action of a wave bouncing off a surface is called __________________.

• rarefaction
• refraction
• reflection
• diffraction

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Amplitude reflects the amount of ____________________ in a wave.

• energy
• compression
• rarefaction
• speed

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A _____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency
• compression

This type of Electromagnetic wave shows a break in bones.

• gamma ray
• x-ray
• brokenometer
• radio wave

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Which wave has a greater frequency?

• A
• B

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_______ carry the greatest amount of energy. 

• x-rays
• gamma rays
• infrared rays
• visible light

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How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?

• All of it
• None of it
• Most of it
• Only a small part