Waves Review

What is the definition of a wave?

• Cool splashes in the ocean

• When you're at a game and everyone's hands go up

• Flow or transfer of energy in the form of movement

• Flow or transfer of people in the form of movement

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The highest point of a wave is called a ________

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The distance between the rest position to the highest/lowest point of a wave is called......

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Wavelength

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How do you measure a wavelength for a transverse wave?

• From one compression to the next

• From one crest to one trough

• From crest/crest or trough/trough

• From one amplitude to another

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Which one of these is NOT a part of a wave?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Hands

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Which one of these is NOT one of the 3 types of waves?

• Ocean

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

• Matter

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What are the two types of Mechanical waves?

• Water and Air

• Longitudinal and Transverse

• Sound and Game

• Air and Solids

Which one is NOT an example of Longitudinal waves?

• Light

• Sound

• Pressure

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What direction does a longitudinal wave travel?

• Up and down

• Left and right

What direction for a transverse wave travel?

• Up and down

• Left and right