Wave Test Study Set

Compared to wave A, which wave has the same wavelength, but a smaller amplitude?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Compared to wave A, which wave has a shorter wavelength, but the same amplitude?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Compared to wave A, which wave has the same frequency as wave A?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Compared to wave A, which two waves have greater frequencies?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Sound is an examples of

• a longitudinal wave

• a wave that can travel through a vacuum

• a transverse wave

• an electromagnetic wave

Sound waves cannot travel in

• air

• water

• steel

• a vacuum

The source of all sound waves is a

• region of variable high and low pressure

• harmonic object

• vibrating object

The loudness of a musical instrument is a measure of a sound wave's

• amplitude

• frequency

• both frequency and amplitude

Sound travels faste in

• water

• air

• steel

• a vacuum

Compressions and rarefactions are characteristic of

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

• both transverse and longitudinal waves

• neither transverse or longitudinal waves