Unit Test #2

All of the following are types of waves EXCEPT:

• Longitudinal Waves

• Antinode Waves

• Surface Waves

• Transverse Waves

If 240 waves pass a point in one minute (60 seconds), the frequency is _____.

• 24 Hz

• 240 Hz

• 4 Hz

• 14400 Hz

Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling are what type of wave?

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Surface Wave

Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are traveling are what type of waves?

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Surface Wave

What is the highest part of a transverse wave?

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

What is the lowest part of a longitudinal wave?

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

What does a wave transfer from place to place as it travels through a medium?

• Matter

• The Medium

• Sound

• Energy

What is the measure from the rest line to the top of a crest called in a longitudinal wave?

• Trough

• Negative Crest

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

What so you call the measure from crest to crest of a transverse wave?

• Trough

• Crest

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

What is the amplitude of this wave?

• 12 cm

• 6 cm

• 20 cm

• 0 cm