Unit 5 Study Guide 1

Radio Waves are an example of _________ waves.

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• light

Frequency is always measured in _________

• kilometers

• Hertz

• centimeters

You're in your room blasting music with the door shut, your mom opens your door. Now your music is heard throughout your home. This is an example of _______

• interference

• diffraction

• reflection

What is transferred from place to place by waves?

• matter

• energy

• particles

• light

What does the arrow in the picture represent?

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• trough

What does the arrow in the picture represent?

• wavelength

• echolocation

• amplitude

• peak

The highest point of a wave is called what?

• trough

• wavelength

• crest

• amplitude

Waves that require a medium to travel are:

• mechanical waves

• transverse waves

• electromagnetic waves

• light waves

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

What happens when you increase the amplitude of a sound?

• it makes the sound louder

• it makes the sound travel faster

• it makes the sound softer

• it changes the pitch or note of the sound