Mechanical Waves

The type of waves that require medium to pass:

• Mechanical Waves
• Electromagnetic Waves

A mechanical wave cannot travel through...

• a vacuum(empty space).
• water.
• air. 
• glass.

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Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

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regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space

• crest
• energy
• wave
• trough

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Sound is caused by? 

• force
• vibrations
• instruments
• medium

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What is vibration?

• how loud a sound is
• the back and forth movement of matter
• how high or low a sound is
• the loudness or softness of a sound

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Waves are a transfer of what?

• Heat
• Light
• Energy
• Food

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The wave depicted is a _______.

• Surface wave
• Transverse wave
• Longitudinal wave
• electromagnetic wave

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What is a wave?

• A disturbance that transfers matter from place to place.

• A disturbance that transfers energy but not matter.