Waves Quiz Review

What is frequency?

• The height of the wave from its state of rest

• The number of wave cycles per second

• The amount of energy in a wave

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A high-pitched sound wave also has a high...

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Volume

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Which of these two waves has a shorter wavelength?

• The high frequency wave

• The low frequency wave

Which of these two waves has a lower pitch?

• The one on top, with a lower frequency

• The one below, with a higher frequency

True or false? A wave that needs a medium to travel through cannot travel in outer space.

• True

• False

A wave in which the particle motion travels parallel (in the same direction) as the direction the energy travels is a...

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Sound wave

• Light wave

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What would you call an area of low air pressure in a longitudinal wave?

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Medium

• Volume

Water is the ____________ for an ocean wave.

• Wavelength

• Material

• Amplitude

• Medium

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Which properties of waves ONLY occur in longitudinal waves? (Check all that apply.)

• Compressions

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Rarefactions

• Speed

A wave is a disturbance that _________ regularly and transfers energy with no transfer of matter.

• Goes up and down

• Repeats

• Goes back and forth

• Moves

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