Waves Test 1 Review

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• crest

• trough

• wave

• matter

What type of waves only travel through a medium?

• longitudinal waves

• mechanical waves

• surface waves

What type of wave can travel through empty space?

• longitudinal waves

• surface waves

• sound waves

• electromagnetic waves

How does a transverse wave move in relation to its medium?

• parallel

• perpendicular

How does a longitudinal wave move in relation to its medium?

• parallel

• perpendicular

Where the displacement of a medium is at its maximum

• rest position

• trough

• crest

• wavelength

Where the displacement of a medium is at its minimum

• rest position

• trough

• crest

• wavelength

How do you measure wavelength?

• crest to rest

• trough to rest

• crest to trough

• crest to crest

A wave on a lake has a wavelength of 0.5 m and a frequency of 2 Hz (2 Hz = 2 per second, or 2/s). What formula would you use to solve this problem?

• speed = wavelength x frequency

• frequency = speed / wavelength

• wavelength = speed / frequency

Sound waves travel as ______________ waves.

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• surface