Physics Vibrations and Waves Quiz: Wave Motion

True or False - Waves carry the medium, not energy.

• true

• false

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Wave speed ultimately depends on the ____ through which it travels.

• energy

• medium

• vibration

• vacuum

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A wave with a wavelength of 42.0 m and a frequency of 250. Hz will be traveling at _____.

• 10,500 m/s

• 5.95 m/s

• 0.168 m/s

• none of these

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A wave traveling at 300,000,000 m/s with a frequency of 104,100,000 Hz has a wavelength of _____.

• 2.88 m

• 0.347 m

• 3.12 x 10¹⁶ m

• none of these

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A wave traveling at 340. m/s with a wavelength of 7.65 m will have a frequency of _____.

• 44.4 Hz

• 0.0225 Hz

• 2,601 Hz

• none of these

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A wave moving at 340. m/s with a wavelength of 1.37 m will have a PERIOD of _____.

• 0.00403 s

• 248 Hz

• 466 s

• none of these

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A wave of which the medium moves in the same direction of the motion of the energy is a _____.

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• seismic wave

• tidal wave

A wave of which the medium moves perpendicular to the direction of the motion of the energy is a _____.

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• seismic wave

• tidal wave

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Stringed musical instruments use _____ waves to play music.

• transverse

• longitudinal

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Light (electromagnetic radiation) uses _____ waves to transmit energy.

• transverse

• longitudinal

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