Waves Test Review

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a _________.

The highest parts of a transverse wave are called _________.

Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling are called _____.

• compressional waves

• transverse waves

• surface waves

• combination waves

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the wave’s _____.

The bending of waves due to a change in speed is called _________.

The interaction between two waves that meet is called ​ (a)   . Waves can experience either ​ (b)   or​ (c)  

• interference
• constructive
• destructive
• amplitude
• reflection
• frequency
• refraction

Frequency is measured in units called _____.

When a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back, it undergoes _____.

• reflection

• refraction

• constructive interference

• destructive interference

Waves combine to produce a smaller or zero-amplitude wave in a process called _____.

• destructive interference

• constructive interference

• reflection

• refraction

Sound travels as a __________ wave.

• gravity

• compressional

• surface

• transverse