Which type of waves must have a medium in order to travel?

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

All waves carry

• energy
• light 
• matter
• particles

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A sound wave is an example of what type of wave?

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

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A water wave is an example of what type of wave?

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

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An x-ray is an example of what type of wave?

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

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What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?
• the substance through which a wave can travel
• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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What type of wave is this?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

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What is a wave?

• A disturbance that transfers matter from place to place.

• A disturbance that transfers energy but not matter.

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What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough