Wave Properties

What type of wave requires a medium to travel?

• mechanical

• electromagnetic radiation

• light wave

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A sound wave is a mechanical wave

• True

• False

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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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What is the type of wave that travels in the same direction as that of the disturbance?

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse Wave

• Rouge Wave

Amplitude , measurement Y, is a measure of how much __________ the wave has.

• energy

• speed

• length

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_____________ is a measurement of how long or short a wave is. (Point B to Point F or Point D to Point H)

• wavelength

• amplitude

• compression

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An area of bunched up particles (bottom blue arrow) in a longitudinal wave is an area of ________________ .

• rarefaction (low pressure)

• compression (high pressure)

• amplitude (energy)

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The amplitude of a wave is...

• The total distance a wave will travel through a medium

• The height of a wave from the origin to a crest or trough

• The height of a wave from crest to trough

• The horizontal distance between two crests or troughs of a wave

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What is the wavelength of a wave?

• The total distance a wave will travel through a medium

• The height of a wave from origin to a crest or trough

• The height of a wave from crest to trough

• The horizontal distance between two crests or troughs of a wave

What is the amplitude of this wave?

• 2

• 3

• 6

• 10

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