Waves Unit Test Study Help Quiz

What is a medium?

• How fast the wave can move.
• The range of electromagnetic waves above red in the visible spectrum.
• A disruption in the connections of matter
• The substance a wave moves through.

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What is a wave?

• A repeated disturbance that moves energy.
• A repeated disturbance that moves a substance.
• A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion.
• The way that light and sound transfer through space.

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What is a big difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

• Mechanical do not need a medium and electromagnetic do.
• Mechanical waves are faster than electromagnetic.
• All mechanical waves are transverse.
• Electromagnetic do not need a medium and mechanical do.

An area that has no matter in it (like space) is known as a(n) _____.

• transverse
• medium
• vacuum
• em pulse

The highest point of a transverse wave is known as the _____.

• trough
• crest
• rarefaction
• compression

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This is the distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave.

• speed
• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency

When waves pass through a medium without being reflected or absorbed they are being _____.

• transmitted
• refracted
• reflected
• absorbed

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What happens from left to right?

• Wavelength decreases and frequency increases
• Wavelength increases and frequency decreases
• Energy decreases
• The energy increases and then decreases

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Which wave has the longest wavelength.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

The highest point of a transverse wave is known as the _____.

• trough
• crest
• rarefaction
• compression

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