CH 3/4: Waves

____________ waves can travel either through matter or empty space.

• Transverse

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

• Sound

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Which wave moves particles back and forth along the same direction in which the wave travels?

• Mechanical

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

When the wavelength decreases, the frequency _______.

• decreases

• increases

• remains the same

• is unaffected

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Waves in a pond overlap then continue on ________ from how they started.

• increased

• decreased

• unchanged

• faster

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Light waves are ________ waves.

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

• amplitude

• refraction

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Sound waves can not travel through _________.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• empty space

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What is transferred during the movement of a wave?

• matter

• mass

• energy

• speed

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When sound travels through the air, the particles _________.

• do not vibrate

• vibrate perpendicular to the direction wave

• vibrate but not in a fixed direction

• vibrate along the direction the wave travels

  (parallel)

A mechanical wave can not travel through a __________.

• solid

• vacuum

• liquid

• gas

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This type of wave can travel through a vacuum.

• sound wave

• electromagnetic wave

• water wave

• mechanical wave