Waves Review

A wave

• can be called disturbance.

• can be called a vibration.

• is a repeated up-and-down or back-and-forth motion.

• moves (transports) energy from one place to another without transporting matter.

• is all of these.

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True or False. All waves can carry energy through a medium, but only light waves can also carry energy through empty space.

• True

• False

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Energy is

• a push or pull.

• a repeating back-and-forth or up-and-down motion.

• the ability to do work.

• the material through which a wave travels.

Waves are created by (choose the best answer)

• energy.

• a hand.

• a vibration.

• a force.

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A medium

• is material through which a wave travels.

• can be a solid.

• can be a liquid.

• can be a gas.

• is all of these.

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Choose the best example of a liquid medium.

• A soccer ball

• The water in a pool

• The air in a room

• The human body

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Choose the best example of a solid medium.

• The kitchen table

• The water in a lake

• Earth's atmosphere

• Steam from a pot of boiling water

Choose the best example of a gas medium.

• Earth's atmosphere (the air outside)

• The ground outside

• The front door

• The water in a bathtub

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True or False. When a wave passes through a medium, it takes small particles of the medium along with it.

• True

• False

True or False. Mechanical waves are also called electromagnetic waves.

• True

• False