Mechanical Waves

What happens when a mechanical wave travels through a medium?

• Waves are transferred
• Energy is transferred
• Mass is transferred
• Particles are transferred

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

• vibrations
• stacking objects
• an ordered sequence
• colors

Which of these waves cannot travel in a vacuum?

• light wave
• sound wave
• electromagnetic wave
• microwave

Which is true of a mechanical wave?

• It must have a medium
• It must travel in empty space.
• It can travel in a vacuum.
• Both sound and light are examples.

What is the amplitude of a wave?

• the amount of time that occurs in one full cycle
• the distance traveled by the wave during one full cycle
• the amount of cycles that occur in a given time
• the size of the disturbance

What is the wavelength of a wave?

• the size of the disturbance
• the amount of time that occurs in one full cycle
• the distance between two crests of a wave
• the amount of cycles that occur in a given time

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

The units for frequency are measured in _____________.

• hertz
• seconds
• m/s
• m

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

The highest point on a wave is:

• the crest
• the trough
• the top
• the coast