waves

What is being transferred with a wave?

• medium

• energy

• matter

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What is the wavelength?

• length between crest to crest or trough to trough

• the height of a wave

• how fast the wave goes

• the amount of times a wave passes through a certain point

What is the amplitude of a wave?

• how often a wave passes a certain point

• the distance from the middle of the wave to a crest or a trough

• the highest point of a wave

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Which of the following properties makes a light wave different from all mechanical waves?

• A light wave slows down in a vacuum.

• A light wave is able to transmit energy.

• A light wave exists as a transverse wave.

• A light wave can travel without a medium.

Waves that need a medium are called?

• Electromagnetic Waves

• P-Waves

• Mechanical Waves

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Waves that can travel through a vacuum and do no require a medium are called?

• Transverse Waves

• S-Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• Electromagnetic Waves

What is the unit for frequency?

• Meters

• Hertz

• Decibels

• Meters/Second

When the frequency of a wave decreases, the ____________________________________ of the wave increases.

• wave speed

• amplitude

• wavelength

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In a longitudinal wave, the particles move...?

• back and forth
• up and down
• vertically
• in the direction of the hertz

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

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength