Physics Waves

Distance from one part of the wave to the exact same point on the next wave.

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Trough

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The height of the wave (distance from rest to crest)

• Trough

• Crest

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

The number of wavelengths per unit time.

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Speed

• Trough

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The top of a transverse wave

• Node

• Trough

• Crest

• Wavelength

The lowest part of a transverse wave.

• Wavelength

• Trough

• Crest

• Amplitude

Rank the order of sound's most EFFECTIVE media to travel through from best to worst.

• Liquid, Solid, Gas

• Solid, Liquid, Gas

• Gas, Liquid, Solid

• Gas, Solid, Liquid

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What kind of wave can travel through empty space?

• Sound

• Electromagnetic

• Ocean

• Mechanical

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Longest wavelength in the visible light spectrum.

• Gamma

• Radio

• Red

• Violet

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Shortest wavelength in the visible light spectrum.

• Red

• Gamma

• Radio

• Violet

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The name for a substance through which energy is traveling:

• Ocean

• Slinky

• Long

• Medium

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