Waves/ Sound/ Harmonics

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 property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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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 is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

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Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid
• liquid
• gas
• all of the above

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What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal
• Transverse

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How often a wave occurs is the wave's __________________

• crest
• frequency
• wavelength
• resting point

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The distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave  (example- crest to crest) is its _____________________

• trough
• frequency
• amplitude
• wavelength