C13L1 What are waves?

What does a wave transfer?

• matter

• energy

• power

• water

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Which type of wave is a radio wave?

• mechanical

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

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Which type of wave has rarefactions and compressions?

• transverse

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

Which type of wave is produced by movement at cracks in Earth's upper layer?

• seismic

• ultraviolet

• electromagnetic

• infrared

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What is the name for the lowest point on a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

What is the highest point on a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Waves do NOT transfer this.

• energy

• matter

• space

• power

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Sunlight produces these kind of waves.

• mechanical waves

• transverse waves

• electromagnetic waves

• matter

A type of wave that travels only through matter.

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• x-ray

• light wave

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Waves in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the waves travel.

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• electromagnetic waves

• microwaves