Week 1 - Waves Review

A wave carries...?

• energy only
• matter only
• energy and matter
• neither

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The lowest part of the wave is called the ?

• frequency
• crest
• amplitude
• trough

The highest point of a wave is called the ?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

_____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Crest

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The maximum height of a wave.

• crest 
• trough
• amplitude
• wavelength

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Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?

• light wave
• sound wave
• visible wave
• radio wave

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material in which a mechanical wave travels

• medium 
• vacuum 
• black holes
• chocolate

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makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave

• longitudinal wave 
• transverse wave 
• electromagnetic wave 

Wave that moves perpendicular to the motion of the wave

• transverse
• compressional
• physical 
• chemical

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

• mechanical wave
• medium
• crest
• trough

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