Waves 8th

Light waves ________ off objects, enabling us to see the object.

• Refract

• Reflect

• Absorb

• Magnify

Sound waves are considered “pressure waves” meaning particles push one another in the medium through which they’re transferring.

• true

• false

When a wave hits an object, energy from the wave is both absorbed and reflected off the object.

• true

• false

You will see lightning before you can hear thunder.

• true

• false

Sound waves travel faster than light waves.

• true

• false

Waves transmit _______ from one point to another.

• Heat

• Energy

• Water

• Electricity

Waves can be measured by examining the:

• Amplitude only

• Amplitude and wavelength

• Color

• Wavelength only

Which of the following are types of waves?

• microwaves

• sound waves

• light waves

• all of the above

A wave can best be defined as:

• A disturbance that travels through a medium or space, transmitting energy from one point to another.

• The occurrence of a natural electric charge in the sky

• A loud rumbling or crash noise due to the expansion of rapidly heated air due to electric charge

• A long body of water curling in an arched form and crashing on the shore.

Which transverse wave has the highest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4