8th- Chapter 4 Waves

Waves that need a medium to travel through are called?

• longitudinal
• mechanical
• transverse
• machine

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The lowest part of the wave is called the ?

• frequency
• crest
• amplitude
• trough

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The highest point of a wave is called the ?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• frequency

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In a longitudinal wave, the particles move...?

• back and forth
• up and down
• not at all
• at a 90 degree angle

The material in which a mechanical wave travels is called the ______________.

• medium

• vacuum

• black holes

• chocolate

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___________________ waves make the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Electromagnetic

• Right angle

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Wave that moves perpendicular to the motion of the wave

• transverse
• compressional
• physical 
• chemical

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What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spaced further apart?

• rarefaction
• compression
• energy
• work

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another is known as:

• wave

• energy

• vacuums

• matter

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What kind of wave vibrates perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling is called.....

• sound wave
• longitudinal
• transverse
• mechanical

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