Waves test practice

The highest point on transverse wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Medium

The lowest point on a transverse wave

• trough

• Crest

• Medium

• Wavelength

The height of a wave. It is the measurement of the amount of energy in a wave.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Medium

• Crest

The distance between the crest and crest of an adjacent wave or the trough and the trough of

an adjacent.

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Reflection

• Transmission

The material through which a wave transfers energy. It may be a solid, liquid and/or gas. An

electromagnetic wave does not need a medium to transfer energy, i.e. light, radio waves, x-rays, etc.

• medium

• Frequency

• Refraction

• Reflection

The number of waves that passes a given point in a given period of time. ___________increases when wavelength decreases.

• Frequency

• Medium

• Transmission

• None of the above

A wave that travels through matter, i.e. solid, liquid and/or gas. The particles of the

medium move parallel in to the direction of the wave. The wavelength is measured from rarefaction to

rarefaction or compression to compression.

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

• wavelength

• Longitudinal and transverse wave

Mechanical transverse waves need matter, while electromagnetic waves do not need

matter, i.e. light. The particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave. The

wavelength is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough.

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Wavelength

• Longitudinal and transverse wave

The bouncing back of light, heat or sound from surface without absorption.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Transmission

• Medium

The phenomenon of light bending as it travels through a medium.

• Refraction

• Medium

• Reflection

• Transmission