Understanding Mechanical Waves Quiz

They can travel through a vacuum.

They require a medium to travel.

They are always transverse waves.

They do not transfer energy.

$$0.5 \, \text{m}$$

$$2 \, \text{m}$$

$$1 \, \text{m}$$

$$0.2 \, \text{m}$$

Sound travels faster in air than in water.

Sound travels faster in solids than in gases.

Sound travels at the same speed in all media.

Sound cannot travel through liquids.

$$20 \, \text{m/s}$$

$$25 \, \text{m/s}$$

$$15 \, \text{m/s}$$

$$30 \, \text{m/s}$$

Light wave

Sound wave

Water wave

Radio wave

The medium through which it travels

The frequency of the wave

The temperature of the medium

The tension in the medium

$$100 \, \text{Hz}$$

$$90 \, \text{Hz}$$

$$150 \, \text{Hz}$$

$$200 \, \text{Hz}$$

They are directly proportional.

They are inversely proportional.

They are unrelated.

They are equal.

$$3 \, \text{m}$$

$$0.3 \, \text{m}$$

$$30 \, \text{m}$$

$$300 \, \text{m}$$

The particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of wave propagation.

The particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.

They cannot travel through solids.

They require a vacuum to propagate.