Ch 13.1 Waves Content Quiz

What is the ability to cause change?

• energy

• matter

• volume

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The highest point on a transverse wave is the

• compression

• crest

• rest position

• trough

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The lowest point on a transverse wave is the

• compression

• crest

• rest position

• trough

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

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A wave that can travel through matter and empty space is a:

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wavy

• transverse wave

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As a longitudinal wave moves forward, the particles move:

• perpendicular to the wave's motion

• parallel to the wave's motion

• stand in one place

• move completely down the spring

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What type of wave is this?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal

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What is represented by the blue lines?

• Trough
• Crest
• Wavelength
• Amplitude

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What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter or particles
• Energy and matter or particles
• Matter or particles but not energy
• Neither energy nor matter or particles

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Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

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