Waves Test 1 Review

A string is attached to two fixed points & is compressed on one end and released. The resulting wave travels back & forth b/w until it comes to a stop.  This is an example of...

• transverse wave
• longitudinal
• superpositional
• refracted

A sound wave can be transmitted through all of the following except...

• a gas
• a liquid
• a solid
• a vacuum

What type of wave is illustrated in the spring?

• electromagnetic 
• mechanical

The squished part of this wave is called...

• compression
• rarefraction

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The stretched part of this wave is called...

• compression
• rarefraction

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What do waves carry?

• particles
• matter
• energy
• objects

Which color of light has more energy?

• orange
• green

the length of a compression and a rarefraction

• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency
• speed

the length from crest to crest of a transverse wave

• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency
• speed

What part of a wave needs to be changed in order to vary volume?

• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency
• speed