Waves Quiz

The highest point on a wave is:

• the crest
• the trough
• the top
• the coast 

The lowest point on a wave is the:

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength

The type of waves that require medium to pass:

• Mechanical Waves
• Electromagnetic Waves

When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

• The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
• The wavelength increases.
• The wavelength decreases.
• More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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All waves carry ______________.

• Sound

• Light

• Water

• Energy

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When two waves combine to form a new wave with a larger amplitude, it is called 

• Diffraction
• Destructive Interference
• Resonance
• Constructive Interference

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What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?

• Constructive interference
• Destructive interference
• Increasing frequency
• Increasing period

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What are compression or longitudinal waves?

• A wave that moves the medium in the direction the wave is travelling

• how the energy flows through the medium

• full sound waves

What is a wavelength?

• Wavelength is the length of one full wave, it has this symbol: ⋋
• wavelength measures the amount of radiation
• a situation where light is bent in such a direction that it cancels itself out

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