wave properties

What is a wave ?

• a disturbance that transfers matter

• a disturbance that transfers energy

• a disturbance that transfers both matter and energy

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What is the matter that a wave moves through?

• a vessel

• a vacuum

• a medium

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What type of wave requires a medium to travel?

• mechanical

• electromagnetic radiation

• light wave

The type of wave that travels at a right angle, or perpendicular to the disturbance is a ........

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Rouge Wave

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The highest point or peak of a transverse wave, point B and F, is the ________________ .

• trough

• amplitude

• crest

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The lowest point or valley of a transverse wave, point D and point H, is the ......

• wavelength

• trough

• crest

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What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Waving goodbye

• Stadium wave

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The length of a crest (peak) or trough measured from the middle line.

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Medium

Material some waves travel through, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Medium

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The high points of a transverse wave.

• Crest (peak)

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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