Characteristics of Waves

As the amplitude of a wave increases, what else increases?

• frequency

• energy

• speed

• sound

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Which property of a wave describes how often it occurs?

• speed

• amplitude

• sound

• frequency

What do you call vibrations that move through a medium?

• waves

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

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A motorboat's propeller transfers ____ to a calm water, therefore resulting in a wave.

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• medium

• energy

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Sound travels through air. What is air an example of?

• medium

• energy

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

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Select all parts of a longitudinal wave:

• crest

• compression

• trough

• rarefaction

• wavelength

Speed = distance / time. What is the speed of a wave that travels 20 meters in 10 seconds?

• 1 m/s

• 3 m/s

• 2 m/s

• 10 m/s

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The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.

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A wave that vibrates the medium at right angles, or perpendicular, to the direction in which the wave travels:

• transverse wave

• surface wave

• sound wave

• longitudinal wave

A ocean wave travels at the surface between air and water. This is an example of a:

• surface wave

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• vibration

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