Physics WAVES CONCEPTS (NOT vocabulary)

Do waves carry energy or matter?

• Energy

• Matter

• I'm not sure

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What is a "medium" in terms of waves ??

• A size between small and large

• The material or object a wave travels through

• How tall the wave is

• How fast the wave is

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In an ocean wave, what is the medium?

• The boats as the move across the water

• the currents underneath the ocean surface

• the ocean water is the medium

• Sunlight reflecting off the ocean surface

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If you shake a rope to make a wave, what would be the medium of this wave?

• Your hand moving up and down

• The air surrounding the rope

• the rope itself

• there is no medium in this wave

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Which of the following can act as a medium?

• Solids

• Liquids

• Gases

• All of the above

What is #2 pointing at on the diagram?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Crest

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What is #3 pointing at on the diagram?

• Interference

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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Do all waves always have the same wavelength?

• Yes

• No

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As frequency increases from low to high, does energy increase with it?

• YES - high frequency = high energy

• NO - frequency and energy are not related

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Does this wave demonstrate a TRANSVERSE WAVE or a COMPRESSIONAL/LONGITUDINAL WAVE?

(Look at particle motion compared to energy motion!)

• Transverse Wave

• Compressional/Longitudinal Wave

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