Wave Vocabulary Quiz

A vibration that moves energy through a medium from one place to another with no actual transportation of matter.

• wave

• electron

• amplitude

• transversal

A substance or material through which a wave can transfer its energy

• transversal

• medium

• light

• amplitude

The highest point of wave

• medium

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

The distance one cycle of a wave travels

• period

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

The displacement or height of a wave

• period

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

An area of a wave where the particles are spread apart (the density is less in this area)

• compression

• rarefaction

• longitudinal

• vibration

An area of a wave where the particles are close together (the density is greater in this area)

• compression

• rarefaction

• longitudinal

• vibration

A wave in which the particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to direction which wave moves

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• periodic wave

• stadium wave

A wave in which the particles of the medium move in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave moves

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• periodic wave

• sound wave

The number of wavelengths (cycles) per second.

• period

• frequency

• amplitude

• periodic