Waves/Light & Sound

Waves transfer

• water. 
• wind. 
• energy. 
• particles. 

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This type of material allows most light to pass through but forms a blurry image, like looking through a fogged up window.

• opaque
• translucent
• transparent
• echo

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If you cannot see through an object, in other words, light does not pass through it,  it is 

• transparent.
• translucent.
• opaque.
• solid.

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Sound waves are ___________ waves that can only travel through ______.

• transverse,   air
• transverse, matter
• longitudinal, liquids
• longitudinal, matter

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How loud or soft people hear a sound is related to the _________ of the sound wave.

• amplitude
• longitude
• echo
• lens

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A sound wave requires a medium, or material to travel through.

• True
• False

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Wave frequency is measured in the unit of 

• hertz.
• pings.
• clicks.
• tones.

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The distance from one point on a wave to that same point on the next wave is known as

• amplitude.
• frequency.
• wavelength.
• reflection.

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Which statement best defines a wave medium?

• the material through which a wave travels
• a point halfway between the crest and trough
• the distance from one wave crest to the next
• the speed at which waves travel in water

An example of a longitudinal wave is a ____

• water wave
• stadium wave
• sound wave
• rope wave