Waves Vocabulary Review

Sound travels as a _______.

• Frequency

• Light

• Wave

• Energy

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____________ is the number of vibrations the ear receives, or the number of wave cycles per second.

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Energy

• Wave

A wave with a high frequency will also have a high...

• Wavelength

• Height

• Amplitude

• Pitch

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Which wave shown here has a higher frequency, Diagram A (top diagram) or Diagram B (below)?

• Diagram A

• Diagram B

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Which of these two waves would have a lower pitch?

• The orange wave

• The blue wave

Frequency, or wave cycles per second, is measured with a unit called...

• Energy

• Hertz (Hz)

• Speed

• Distance

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Areas of high air pressure in a longitudinal wave are called...

• Compressions

• Rarefactions

• High frequency

• Low amplitude

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Rarefactions are areas of...

• High air pressure

• Low air pressure

• High amplitude

• Low frequency

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A wave is a disturbance that repeats regularly and transfers energy from place to place with no transfer of ________.

• Mass

• Light

• Sound

• Matter

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A wave that transfers energy through compressions and rarefactions is called a _____________ wave.

• Transverse

• Latitudinal

• Longitudinal

• Sound

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