Mechanical Waves Review

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

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

What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?

• compressional waves
• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• ultraviolet rays

What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

The number of waves that pass in a certain amount of time is called

• frequency
• wavelength
• crest
• amplitude

Sound waves are...

• cool
• not cool
• transverse waves
• longitudinal waves

Use the picture to answer the following question:

What wave part is labeled as #1?

• transverse

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

Use the picture to answer the following question:

What wave part is labeled as #2?

• transverse

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

Use the picture to answer the following question:

What wave part is labeled as #3?

• transverse

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

Use the picture to answer the following question:

What wave part is labeled as #1?

• longitudinal

• wavelength

• compression

• rarefaction

• amplitude