Wave Properties

Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to

• vibrate

• expand

• move

• compress

Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves travel are called

• surface waves

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• pageant waves

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the wave's

• speed

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

The speed of a wave is calculated by multiplying wavelength and

• reflection

• frequency

• amplitutde

• vibration

The maximum distance that particles travel through a medium from rest position is the

• speed of the wave.

• frequency of the wave.

• amplitude of the wave.

• wavelength of the wave.

The interaction between two waves that meet is called

• interference.

• diffraction.

• reflection.

• refraction.

This occurs when vibrations travel through an object matching its natural frequency.

• resonance

• diffraction

• reflection

• refraction

Waves combine to produce a smaller or zero amplitude wave in

• constructive interference

• destructive interference

• refraction

• reflection

Why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear the thunder?

• sound travels faster than light

• light travels faster than sound

• this is not a true statement

• THUNDER!!

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is a

• compression

• vibration

• wave

• medium