Waves Properties

_____ waves NEED a medium to travel.

• Seismic

• Light

• Mechanical

Radio Waves are an example of _________ waves.

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• light

The distance in between two waves.

• wave speed

• frequency

• wavelength

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Frequency is always measured in _________

• kilometers

• Hertz

• centimeters

the number of waves that pass a certain point.

• wave speed

• frequency

What does a wave carry from place to place?

• energy

• matter

• people

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The highest point on a transverse wave is the

• compression

• crest

• rest position

• trough

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The lowest point on a transverse wave is the

• compression

• crest

• rest position

• trough

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

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What kind of wave is this?

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• transverse

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