Waves Quiz 3-13

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 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 in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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The measurement of the length of a wave from one point of the wave to the next identical part of the wave (for example, top to top or bottom to bottom)

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

Bottom of the wave

• Crest
• Trough
• Frequency
• Wavelength

What are waves used for?

• Transferring Energy

• Storing Energy

• Moving Objects

• Removing Energy

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A transverse wave is traveling through an unknown medium as shown in the diagram. How are the particles of the medium vibrating?

• parallel to the y-axis

• parallel to region R

• Parallel to the x-axis

• Parallel to Region Q

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Electromagnetic waves vary in

• the speed they travel in a vacuum.

• wavelength and frequency.

• the way they reflect.

• the orientation of their electric and magnetic fields.

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What is the amplitude of a wave?

• Where there is no wave movement

• The distance the wave oscillates from it's resting position

• A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

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