Mechanical waves review

What is the distance between the top of the wave and the resting point called?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Speed

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3 waves pass a specific point every second, what is the frequency of the wave?

• 1 hz

• 1 m/s

• 3 hz

• 3 m/s

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How is wavelength related to frequency?

• Directly - if one gets larger, so does the other

• Inversely - if one gets larger, the other gets smaller

• They are not related to each other

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What type of wave vibrates 90 degrees from its direction of travel?

• Transverse

• Longitudinal (Compression)

• Surface

• Crowd

What type of wave vibrates in the same direction that it travels?

• Transverse

• Longitudinal (Compression)

• Surface

• Crowd

What determines the speed of a mechanical wave?

• Amplitude

• Medium

• Type of wave

• Mr. Greening's mood

What do we call the material that a wave travels through?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Medium

• Vacuum

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What do we call the dense compressions that occur in longitudinal waves?

• Compressions

• Rarefactions

• Crests

• Troughs

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What are the less dense areas of a compression wave?

• Compressions

• Rarefactions

• Crests

• Troughs

What is a crest?

• The top of a transverse wave

• The bottom of a transverse wave

• The compressed points in a longitudinal wave

• The less dense regions of a compression wave

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