Wave Properties and Terms Review

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

The type of waves that require medium to pass:

• Mechanical Waves
• Electromagnetic Waves

What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?

• Longitudinal waves
• Transverse waves
• Sound waves
• P-waves

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

The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.

• Density
• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Amplitude

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Sound is an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Light is an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?

• solid, liquid, gas
• open space
• waves
• nothing