Wave Intro

Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• light waves
• gamma rays

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What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• mechanical wave

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What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter or particles
• Energy and matter or particles
• Matter or particles but not energy
• Neither energy nor matter or particles

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Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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What type of wave is this?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechancial

• Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

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Which part of the wave is this?

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

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Which part of the wave is this?

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

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Which part of the wave is this?

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

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