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Waves and Wave Interactions

Authored by Jacob Evans

Physics

9th - 12th Grade

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Waves and Wave Interactions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When two transverse waves traveling through a medium meet and exactly coincide, the resulting displacement of the medium...

is the sum of the displacements of each wave

is zero

is always greater than the displacement of eith wave alone

is always destructive

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The material through which a mechanical wave travels is

a medium

empty space

ether

air

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wave that is produced by a single motion that does not repeat is a _______________ wave.

transverse

continuous

pulse

compression

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The distance between two troughs of a transverse wave is the wave’s

amplitude

wavelength

frequency

period

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A _______________ wave travels through a medium as a series of compressions and rarefactions.

transverse

longitudinal

pulse

sine

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wave is passing through a uniform medium. As the frequency of this wave increases, its wavelength

increases

decreases

does not change

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Suppose you are dangling your foot in a swimming pool, making ripples (waves) by moving your foot up and down. What could you do to make the ripples travel faster through the water?

move your foot up and down more frequently

move your foot up and down less frequently

move your foot up and down more strongly

none of the above because the medium determines the speed of the wave

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