Sound Waves Review

The height of the peaks above the resting line in a wave illustrated at point B in the image

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Node

• Wave

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The low point of a wave

• Crest

• Node

• Trough

• Wave

the high point of a wave

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Node

A back-and-forth pattern of motion that transfers energy

• Wave

• Pulse

• Reflection

• Frequency

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The length of one wave; can be measured as the distance from the center of one peak to the center of the next peak

• wave

• crest

• wavelength

• amplitude

What part of the transverse wave is letter A?

• trough

• crest

• wavelength

• amplitude

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What part of the transverse wave is letter B?

• wavelength

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

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What part of the transverse wave is letter C?

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

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What part of the transverse wave is letter D?

• trough

• wavelength

• crest

• amplitude

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___________ refers to the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

• Frequency

• Crests

• Amplitude

• Rarefaction