IS5 Exam Review: Waves

The distance in between two waves.

• wave speed

• frequency

• wavelength

_____ waves NEED a medium to travel.

• Seismic

• Light

• Mechanical

Frequency is always measured in _________

• kilometers

• Hertz

• centimeters

You're in your room blasting music with the door shut, your mom opens your door. Now your music is heard throughout your home. This is an example of _______

• interference

• diffraction

• reflection

When two waves overlap each other, this behavior is known as _______.

• interference

• refraction

• frequency

If the amplitude increases during interference, this is __________

• destructive interference

• constructive interference

This is a high frequency wave. Which part of the wave is "B"

• crest/peak

• wavelength

• trough

Look at this wave. "A" is which part of a wave?

• Crest/Peak

• Wave Speed

• Resting Point

the maximum distance that the particles of the medium carrying the wave  move away from their rest position

• frequency
• wavelength
• hertz
• amplitude

Wave __________ is the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

• Frequency
• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Compression