Wave Properties

A wave is

• a hand lifted in the air and moving

• the women's section of the US Navy

• a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space

• done a sporting events

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Waves begin as

• a vibration

• a thought

• a rock

• a transfer of energy

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Require a medium to travel through

• mechanical wave

• chemical waves

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

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Medium

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• a solid that waves can travel through

• a liquid that waves can travel through

• a gas that waves can travel through

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Ocean waves travel through which type of medium

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• Does not need a medium

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Sound waves travel through which type of medium

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• Does not need a medium

Seismic waves travel through which type of medium

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• Does not need a medium

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Light travels through which type of medium

• liquid

• solid

• gas

• does not need a medium

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A wave transfers energy, but this energy is transported without moving the medium as a whole.

• true

• false

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A wave's speed depends on two properties

• Density

• compressibility

• motion

• non-motion

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