Waves

How many types of waves are their?

• 2

• 4

• 7

• 11

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What are the names of the types of mechanical waves?

• Transverse Waves

• Light Waves

• Compressional (Longitudinal) Waves

• Sound waves

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What kind of wave is this?

• Compressional Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Magnetic Wave

• Slinky Wave

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What is the top part of a wave?

• Wave Height

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Crest

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What is the distance called from crest to crest or trough to trough?

• Wave Height

• Wave speed

• Wave length

There more mechanical waves than electromagnetic waves

• True

• False

Does electromagnetic waves need a medium to travel through?

• True

• False

• No

• Yes

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What are the parts of a transverse wave?

• Compression, Rare Faction, and Wave Length

• Crest, trough, Wave Length, and Amplitude

• Crest, Trough, Wave Length, Amplitude, Resting, Point, and Wave Height

• Top, Bottom, Middle, Start, Finish

Larger Amplitude= More ______

• Sound

• Energy

• Frequency

• Wave Height

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Frequency is...

• The # of wavelengths that pass a point in a given amount of time.

• A # of waves