Properties of Waves and Interactions

What is a disturbance that transfers energy?

• volume

• matter

• wave

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A wave that must travel through matter

• transverse

• mechanical

• longitudinal

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The highest point on a transverse wave

• compression

• rest position

• trough

• crest

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As a longitude wave moves forward, the particles transfer energy

• perpendicular to the wave's motion

• horizontal to the wave's motion

What is a characteristic of electromagnetic waves?

• transfer energy and matter

• is a longitudinal wave

• can move through space

• include sound waves

What kind of wave is this

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• longitudinal

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mechanical waves usally travel fastest through

• gases

• liquids

• solids

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If the wavelength of a wave increased, what would happen to the frequency?

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

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What property of the wave changes if the amount of energy in the wave changes?

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

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Which wave has the highest frequency?

• red

• green

• blue

• pink

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