2022-23 Unit 5 TEST: Waves

The highest point on transverse wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Medium

The lowest point on a transverse wave

• trough

• Crest

• Medium

• Wavelength

The material through which a wave transfers energy. It may be a solid, liquid and/or gas.

• medium

• Frequency

• Refraction

• Reflection

The number of waves that passes a given point in a given period of time. ___________increases when wavelength decreases.

• Frequency

• Medium

• Transmission

• Wavelength

What is the measure of a wave’s energy?

• Amplitude

• Rarefaction

• Resonance

• Medium

What type of wave has matter that moves in the same direction as the wave travels?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Standing wave

• Frequency

What is the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it?

• Wavelength

• Compressional

• Transverse

• Medium

What is it called when matter moves at right angles to the direction the wave travels?

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Transverse waves

• Frequency

What is represented by the letter 'x'?

• Crest
• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Wavelength

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4