Waves and Electromagnetic Spectrum Review

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a ____.

• Waves

• Medium

• Vibration

• Compression

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The highest parts of a transverse wave are called ____.

            Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling are called ____.

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

• surface waves

• combination waves

Frequency is measured in units called ____.

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When a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back, it undergoes ____.

• reflection

• refraction

• constructive interference

• destructive interference

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Which waves have some electrical properties and some magnetic properties?

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves

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The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the wave’s ____.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• speed

The bending of waves due to a change in speed is called ____.

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The interaction between two waves that meet is called ____.

Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without a (an) ____.

• medium

• electric field

• magnetic field

• change in either a magnetic or an electric field

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