MECHANICAL WAVES AND SOUND CHAPTER 17

MECHANICAL WAVE

• a disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another.

• occurs when two or more waves overlap each oher

• the lowest point in a wave

• the highest point in a wave

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A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling

• A. surface wave
• B. transverse wave
• C. electromagnetic  wave
• D. longitudinal wave

A wave that does not require a medium

• A. electromagnetic  wave. 
• B. surface wave
• C. medium
• D. transverse wave

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A wave that requires a medium through wave which to travel

• A. electromagnetic  wave
• B. longitudinal wave
• C. mechanical wave
• D. transverse wave

Waves, including light waves and s waves, that moves perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling

• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Transverse Waves
• Medium
• Light Waves

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Carries energy from one place to another

• Waves
• Amplitude
• Frequency
• Crest

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Top of the wave

• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Trough
• Crest

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Which electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency?

• Radio waves

• Gamma rays

• Ultraviolet rays

• Visible light

Two waves combining to form a wave with a larger amplitude results in

• diffraction

• constructive interference

• reflection

• refraction

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What is an example of a microwave?

• FM Radio

• Radar

• Cell

• Baseball