Wave properties & Interactions

What is a disturbance that transfers energy?

• volume

• matter

• wave

A wave that must travel through matter

• transverse

• mechanical

• longitudinal

The highest point on a transverse wave

• compression

• rest position

• trough

• crest

The number of waves that pass a given point in a second

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

As a longitude wave moves forward, the particles transfer energy

• perpendicular to the wave's motion

• horizontal to the wave's motion

What is a characteristic of electromagnetic waves?

• transfer energy and matter

• is a longitudinal wave

• can move through space

• include sound waves

What kind of wave is this

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• longitudinal

mechanical waves usally travel fastest through

• gases

• liquids

• solids

If the wavelength of a wave increased, what would happen to the frequency?

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

What property of the wave changes if the amount of energy in the wave changes?

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency