Waves

What is being transferred with a wave?

• medium

• energy

• matter

• Chicken

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Increasing the amplitude means you are increasing the _______________ of a wave.

• frequency

• amplitude

• energy

• wavelength

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What is the wavelength?

• length between crest to crest or trough to trough

• the height of a wave

• how fast the wave goes

• the amount of times a wave passes through a certain point

What is the crest of a transverse wave?

• the lowest point of the wave

• the middle of a wave

• the highest point of a wave

• nothing

What is the amplitude of a wave?

• how often a wave passes a certain point

• the distance from the middle of the wave to a crest or a trough

• the highest point of a wave

• chick-fil-a

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Which of the following properties makes a light wave different from all mechanical waves?

• A light wave slows down in a vacuum.

• A light wave is able to transmit energy.

• A light wave exists as a transverse wave.

• A light wave can travel without a medium.

Waves that need a medium are called?

• Electromagnetic Waves

• P-Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• Taco Bell

Waves that can travel through a vacuum and do no require a medium are called?

• Transverse Waves

• S-Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• Electromagnetic Waves

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What is the visible light spectrum in order?

• red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet

• orange, blue, green, yellow, red, violet, indigo

• red, green blue, orange, violet, yellow, indigo

• McDonald's is gross

The wavelength of a sound wave is 20m. The frequency is 5 Hz. What is the wave speed?

• 4 m/s

• 100 m/s

• 25 m/s

• 15 m/s

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