Unit 3 Review

Which of these describes all waves?

• Energy that moves from side to side.

• Energy that moves in a regular pattern.

• Energy that moves an object forward.

• Energy that moves an object backwards.

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What happens when waves move across the surface of deep water?

• The water moves forward.

• The water moves backwards.

• The water moves up and down.

• The water does not move.

When does water move in the direction of a wave?

• When a surfer sits on a surfboard

• When boats move through the water

• When waves move across the surface of deep water

• When the water gets close to the beach

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What is amplitude?

• The distance from the middle point of a wave to the wavelength

• The distance from one crest to the next crest

• The distance from one trough to the next trough

• The distance between the middle point of a wave and a crest or trough

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Which of these waves would transfer the most energy?

• One with a low crest

• One with a high trough

• One with a low amplitude

• One with a high amplitude

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What is wavelength?

• The distance from the middle point of a wave to a trough.

• The distance from the middle point of a wave to a crest.

• The distance from one crest to the next crest or one trough to the next trough.

• The distance from a crest to a trough.

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What does it mean if waves have short wavelengths?

• The distance from one trough to the next is small.

• The distance from one trough to the next is large.

• The distance from the middle point of a wave to a trough is small.

• The distance from one crest to the next trough is large.

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Which of these words means to put information in a digital code form?

• digitize

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• transmit

• wave

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Which of the following means a tool that uses satellite to locate position?

• digitize

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• transmit

• wave

Which of the following words means to send?

• digitize

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

• transmit

• wave

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