Waves and Sound Review Game

The low point of a transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

Half the perpendicular distance from the top of a crest to the bottom of a trough

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• longitudinal

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Waves that can travel through empty space

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• electromagnetic

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Unit for measuring frequency

• hertz

• meters

• seconds

• meters/seconds

• Newton

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A traveling wave which causes matter to move at right angles to the direction of the wave

• mechanical

• transverse

• longitudinal

• hertz

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What is transported by a wave?

• air

• energy

• matter

• particles

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Lance and Kasi conduct an activity using a slinky. Lance fixes one end of the slinky against a fixed support. He then moves the slinky back and forth, as shown.

Kasi sees the wave moving towards the fixed support. What is true for this mechanical wave?

• It transmits energy only

• It transmits matter only

• It transmits both matter and energy

• It transmits both energy and a medium

What kind of wave requires the particles of a medium to vibrate and transfer energy?

• infrared light wave

• Radio Wave

• Seismic Wave

• Visible light wave

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Which wave is classified as a mechanical wave?

• microwave

• infrared wave

• sound wave

• radio wave

Which type of wave can be a longitudinal wave?

• light waves

• seismic wave

• electromagnetic wave

• surface ocean waves