Waves Quiz

What is a wave?

• A disturbance that transfers energy

• Something you see at the beach

• The substance that energy is transferred through

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What is a medium?

• The substance that a wave travels through

• The number of waves that pass through a point during an amount of time

• a crest and trough

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What type of wave transfers energy PERPENDICULAR to the direction of the disturbance

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

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What type of wave transfers energy in the SAME direction of the disturbance

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

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What's an example of a transverse wave?

• electromagnetic wave

• slinky

• seismic wave

• vibration in a string

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What's an example of a longitudinal wave?

• slinky

• ripples in the water

• electromagnetic waves

• light wave

What is frequency?

• number of waves that pass through a point in an amount of time

• distance between identical points on a wave (crest to crest)

• maximum upward displacement

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What is wavelength?

• number of waves that pass through a point in an amount of time

• distance between identical points on a wave (crest to crest)

• height of a wave

What is amplitude?

• number of waves that pass through a point in an amount of time

• distance between identical points on a wave (crest to crest)

• height of a wave

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What are the TWO parts of an electromagnetic wave?

• magnetic field

• electric field

• light

• perpendicular

• sound

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