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Which travels faster, light or sound?

• light
• sound

What is being transferred with a wave?

• medium

• energy

• matter

• Chicken

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Increasing the amplitude means you are increasing the _______________ of a wave.

• frequency

• amplitude

• energy

• wavelength

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What is the wavelength?

• length between crest to crest or trough to trough

• the height of a wave

• how fast the wave goes

• the amount of times a wave passes through a certain point

What is the crest of a transverse wave?

• the lowest point of the wave

• the middle of a wave

• the highest point of a wave

• nothing

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What is the amplitude of a wave?

• how often a wave passes a certain point

• the height of the wave

• the highest point of a wave

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Which of the following properties makes a light wave different from sound, seismic, or ocean waves?

• A light wave cannot travel in a vacuum

• A light wave is able to transmit energy.

• A light wave is the only transverse wave

• A light wave can travel without a medium.

The electromagnetic waves with the highest frequencies are called?

• radio waves

• gamma rays

• x-rays

• visible light

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The electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelengths are called?

• radio waves

• microwaves

• gamma rays

• x-rays

When the frequency of a wave decreases, the _______ of the wave increases.

• time

• amplitude

• wavelength

• energy

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