Center 3 4.12.22

_____ waves NEED a medium to travel.

• Seismic

• Light

• Mechanical

Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• light waves
• gamma rays

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• mechanical wave

What can electromagnetic waves travel through?

• mediums
• empty space
• solely solids
• both mediums and empty space

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

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter or particles
• Energy and matter or particles
• Matter or particles but not energy
• Neither energy nor matter or particles

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

A wave carries...?

• energy only
• matter only
• energy and matter
• neither

What type of wave move a slinky back and forth?

• longitudinal
• transverse