Waves Unit Test

A disturbance that transferes energy through a medium or space is called a ____________.

• compression

• medium

• wave

• frequency

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The matter which a wave travels is called ____________.

• medium

• wave

• frequency

Mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves are similar in that both _____.

• can travel through empty space

• only travel as transverse waves

• begin from an energy source

• are a series of compressions and rarefactions

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What does the person transfer to the rope by pulling it up and down at point A?

• Air

• Energy

• Frequency

• Mass

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What kind of wave is being generated?

• Electromagnetic

• Sound

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

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Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without _____.

• a medium

• a crest

• A disturbance

• a wavelength

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Sound waves require matter to vibrate. Sound waves cannot _____.

• move through solids

• reflect (like an echo)

• be heard underwater

• travel through space

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What do the arrows in the diagram to the right illustrate?

• amplitude

• speed

• frequency

• wavelength

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Wave B has _____ than A.

• higher amplitude

• more energy

• higher frequency

• longer wavelength

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Wave A has a _____ than B.

• lower frequency

• higher energy

• lower amplitude

• longer wavelength

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