💜3.1 Mastery Check

What word should replace the question mark?

• amplitude

• wavelength

• crest

• rarefaction

• compression

What is wavelength?

• Distance from one end of wave to another

• Bottom part of wave

• Highest part of wave

• Distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low

• high, high

• low, high

• low, low

_____ waves NEED a medium to travel.

• Seismic

• Light

• Mechanical

The distance in between two waves.

• wave speed

• frequency

• wavelength

Frequency is always measured in _________

• kilometers

• Hertz

• centimeters

the number of waves that pass a certain point.

• wave speed

• frequency

This is a high frequency wave. Which part of the wave is "B"

• crest/peak

• wavelength

• trough

Which wave has the longest wave length?

• top wave

• bottom wave

The amplitude of a wave is...

• The total distance a wave will travel through a medium

• The height of a wave from the origin to a crest or trough

• The height of a wave from crest to trough

• The horizontal distance between two crests or troughs of a wave