Energy Transfer

An instrument that measures the vibrations of a seismic wave is called a ...

• wavelength

• seismograph

• oscillpscope

• richter scale

Transverse waves move...

• back and forth

• up and down

T/F The trough is the highest part of a wave.

• true

• false

The distance between two waves is called...

• the wavelength

• the pitch

• the crest

• the fault

Longitudinal waves move...

• back and forth

• up and down

The substance, such as air or water that energy uses to move back and forth in is called...

• medium

• fault

• frequency

• focus

A machine that translates sound into a pattern; it measures sound waves

• oscillloscope

• richter scalee

• seismograph

• decibel

the property of sound that makes it high or low

• pitch

• magnitude

• wavelength

• focus

The Richter Scale measures....

• sound waves

• energy released by an earthquake

• the loudness of a sound

the size of an earthquake

• frequency

• magnitude

• decibel

• crest