Vibration and Waves

What are the two types of wave interference?

• Constructive & Instructive
• Constructive & Destructive
• Destructive & Instructive
• Static & Dynamic

What is the top of the wave called?

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Trough
• Crest

What is the bottom of the wave called?

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Crest
• Trough

The distance from the equilibrium position to the crest or trough is called the what?  Also known as the height of a wave.

• Trough
• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Crest

What is the length between one point of a wave to the same point on the next wave called?

• Wavelength
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Crest

Waves transfer ________, but they do not transfer _________.

• Matter, Energy
• Energy, Matter

What is the speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 8.9 m and frequency of 3.4 Hz?

• 2.62 m/s
• 30.26 m/s
• 0.38 m/s
• 0.29 m/s

Frequency is measured in what SI unit?

• Hertz
• m/s
• Waves
• Seconds

The amount of time it takes for one complete wavelength to pass a point in a medium is known as what?

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Period

Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to  _________________.

• vibrate
• expand
• move
• compress

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1