Periodic Motion and Mechanical Waves

All are MECHANICAL WAVES except

• a. Water waves

• b. light waves

• c. sound waves

• d. Surface wave

.All are transverse wave except____.

• a. Water waves

• b. Sound waves

• c. Light waves

• d. Radio waves

Energy can be transferred from one medium to another through ____.

• a. vibrations

• b. stacking objects

• c. an ordered sequence

• d. colors

Unlike a transverse wave, the disturbance in a longitudinal wave is_______.

• a. in a circular motion.

• b. parallel to the wave motion.

• c. perpendicular to the wave motion.

• d. in the opposite direction of the wave motion

Which of the following is the medium for waves traveling along a rope when one end of the rope is oscillated by a person’s hand?

• a. The hand

• b. The rope

• c. The sound

All sinusoidal signals have the same general shape, which are identical.

• True

• False

The higher the amplitude of the wave, the lower the energy it carries.

• True

• False

The wave with the greatest frequency has the shortest wavelength. 

• True

• False

Periodic wave is directly associate with simple harmonic motion.

• True

• False

Sinusoidal wave is a smooth wave that oscillates above and below 1

• True

• False