Chapter 14 - Waves & Light

A pebble dropped into water produces which type wave types? (Select all that apply)

• Mechanical

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

• Transverse

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Which type of wave is produced from a waving flag?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Combination

• Seismic

Light is an example of which type of wave? (Select all that apply)

• Transverse

• Mechanical

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

A mechanical wave can only travel through matter?

• TRUE

• FALSE

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The distance between two identical points on two separate waves is called the

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Hertz

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Longitudinal waves are ___________ waves.

• Up & down

• Mechanical

• Perpendicular

• Electromagnetic

The number of wavelengths that pass a specific point over a period of 1 second is known as ______________

• Amplitude

• Intensity

• Frequency

• Amperage

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Electromagnetic waves are ____________ waves. (Select all that apply)

• Longitudinal

• Perpendicular

• Mechanical

• Transverse

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The maximum distance a wave varies from its rest position is called __________________

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Crest

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The law of __________ states that the angle between the incident wave and the normal wave always equals the angle between the _____________ wave and the normal.

• Refraction, Refracted

• Refraction. Reflection

• Refracted, Reflected

• Reflection, Reflected

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