Quiz about Waves Properties

Question 1

What part of the wave is located at "A"

Accepted Answer

Line of rest (resting point)

Answer

Fishing Line

Answer

Crest

Answer

Trough

Question 2

What part of the wave is located at "E"?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Crest

Answer

Line of rest (resting point)

Question 3

What part of the wave is located at "D"?

Accepted Answer

Crest

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Trough

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Wavelength

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Amplitude

Question 4

What part of the wave is at "C"?

Accepted Answer

Trough

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Wavelength

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Crest

Answer

Ampitude

Question 5

What is the part of the wave at "F"?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

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Trough

Answer

Line of rest (resting point)

Answer

Crest

Question 6

What kind of wave is the wave in this picture?

Accepted Answer

Transverse

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Longitudinal

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Compressional

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Standing

Question 7

What is the medium of the pictured wave?

Accepted Answer

Rope

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Grass

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Air

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Water

Question 8

Which of these two waves has the most energy?

Accepted Answer

Wave A

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Wave B

Question 9

Which of these waves has the most energy?

Accepted Answer

Wave C

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Wave A

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Wave B

Question 10

How are these three waves different?

Accepted Answer

They have different wavelengths

Accepted Answer

They have different frequencies

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They have different amplitudes

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They have different mediums

Question 11

What characteristic of these two waves is different?

Accepted Answer

The amplitude

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The line of rest

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Wave A

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Wave B

Question 12

Sound requires a medium to travel. Through which of the following would sound travel the fastest?

Accepted Answer

Solids

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Liquids

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Plasma

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Gas

Question 13

The number of waves that pass per second is the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Frequency

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Amplitude

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Crest

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I have no clue

Question 14

The material through which a mechanical wave travels is the __________.

Accepted Answer

Medium

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State of matter

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Stuff

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In Between

Question 15

What is the measurement for the amplitude of this wave?

Accepted Answer

2

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4

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7

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3

Question 16

What is the ending unit for frequency?

Accepted Answer

HZ (Hertz)

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MG (Milligram)

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MPH (Miles per Hour)

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Amp (Amplitude)

Question 17

What type of wave does not need a medium to travel?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Transverse

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Compressional

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Mechanical

Question 18

Which of these waves can be be compressional or transverse?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

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Electromagnetic

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Transverse

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Compressional

Question 19

This measurement is directly related to the energy of the wave.

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

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Node

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Vacuum

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Resting Point

Question 20

The maximum distance a wave vibrates from its rest position

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

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Wavelength

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Hertz

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Frequency

Question 21

A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel (back and forth) to the direction that the wave energy travels is a

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal/Compressional

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Transverse

Question 22

A wave that moves the medium in a perpendicular (up and down) direction in relation to the direction that the wave energy travels is a

Accepted Answer

Transverse

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Longitudinal/Compressional

Question 23

Rhythmic disturbances or vibrations that TRANSFERS ENERGY, NOT MATTER

Accepted Answer

Waves

Answer

Your Dance Moves

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Electricity

Answer

Medium

Question 24

What is the measure pictured?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

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Rarefaction

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Compression

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Amplitude

Question 25

The part of this wave marked "A" is the ___________

Accepted Answer

Compression

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Ampitude

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Wavelength

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Rarefaction

Question 26

What is the part of this wave marked "B"?

Accepted Answer

Rarefaction

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Compression

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Transverse Wave

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