Waves Properties/Light/Sound

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

• amplitude

• wavelength

• wave speed

Increasing the amplitude means you are increasing the ____ of a wave.

• wavelength

• wave speed

• frequency

• energy

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The distance between crests of a wave is called the ____

• amplitude

• speed

• wavelength

• frequency

The material a wave moves through is called the ___.

• medium

• wavelength

• amplitude

• doppler effect

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Sound waves are what type of wave?

• transverse

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

• it's not a wave.

What allows us to see the color green?

• The green wavelength is absorbed.

• The green wavelength is reflected

• All color but green are reflected back

• The green wavelength vibrates the air particles.

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What is the visible light spectrum in order?

• Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet

• orange, blue, green, yellow, indigo, violet

• Red, green, yellow, blue, orange, indigo, violet

• yellow, blue, green, orange, indigo, violet

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

• A light wave slows down in a waccum.

• A light wave is able to transmit energy.

• A light wave exists as a transverse wave.

• A light wave can travel without a medium.

Why is it harder to see at night than during the day?

• The darkness clouds your vision.

• There is less light reflecting off of things.

• The light can't be transmitted

• There is no color at night.

Select all of the mediums that sound is able to travel through.

• water

• empty space

• perfect vacuum

• metal

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