Waves

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

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

• Light

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Which wave in the diagram has the longest wavelength?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same