Waves Lesson 2

Waves are a transfer of what?

• Heat
• Light
• Energy
• Food

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When a wave is partially transmitted and reflected it

• splits into two waves each with more energy than the original.

• splits into two waves each with less energy than the original.

• it creates an echo.

• is absorbed.

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What is the resulting direction of a surface wave?

• parallel
• circular
• opposite
• perpendicular

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What happens when a mechanical wave travels through a medium?

• Waves are transferred
• Energy is transferred
• Mass is transferred
• Particles are transferred

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When a wave is partially transmitted or reflected, the amplitude of the wave

• stays the same.

• increases.

• decreases

• doubles.

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Energy can be transferred from one medium to another through _________.

• vibrations
• stacking objects
• an ordered sequence
• colors

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Which is true about a surface wave?

• It only has properties of transverse waves.
• It only has properties of longitudinal waves.
• has neither properties of transverse or longitudinal waves.
• It has properties of both transverse and longitudinal waves.

The material through which a wave travels is?

• a rope

• water wave

• snaves

• medium

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This is an example of which type of wave behavior?

• Reflection
• Refraction
• Diffraction
• Interference

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Waves are a transfer ________ but not ______________.

• heat, light

• light, heat

• energy, particles

• particles, energy

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