Waves Unit Test

Which waves can carry matter?

• none, waves carry energy

• Mechanical Waves

• Transverse Waves

All waves need a medium to travel.

• True

• Not all, electromagnetic waves can travel in a vacuum

• Not all, mechanical waves can travel in a vacuum

Frequency is ....

• wave height

• the distance between two waves

• the number of repetition of a wave in one second

What is the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave?

• the direction in which the vibration occurs

• the frequency of the wave

• the size of the wave

Sound waves travel at the same speed through solids, liquids and gases.

• True

• False, they travel faster through a solid

• False, they travel faster through a liquid

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What is a wave?

• a disturbance that transmits energy from one place to another

• something that moves matter

• the intensity at which energy moves

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The crest of a wave is...

• the highest point of a wave

• the distance between two waves

• the frequency of a wave

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Light waves can travel through a vacuum.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

Choose the object that will allow light to pass through it.

• door

• glasses

• safe

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The color ​ (a)   is formed when all the colors of light are combined.

• white
• red
• black