Chapter 15 Waves

Water surface waves are

• longitudinal and perpendicular waves.

• transverse and horizontal waves.

• longitudinal and transverse waves.

• vertical and horizontal waves.

Sound waves from a radio generally travel in which medium?

• air

• earth

• light

• water

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If a transverse wave is moving from right to left, the individual particles in the medium are moving

• right to left

• left to right

• up and down

• None of the above

Waves are often caused by

• potential energy.

• mechanical energy.

• colliding objects.

• vibrating objects.

The _____ of a longitudinal wave radiates outward from its source, while the particles vibrate back and forth from their original positions.

• medium

• wave front

• crest

• kinetic energy

Our eyes can detect light only within a range of _____ called visible light.

• frequencies

• speeds

• mediums

• periods

The maximum displacement of a particles by a wave is called

• amplitude.

• wavelength.

• frequency.

• period.

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The _____ is the distance between two crests of a wave.

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• period

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_____ is the inverse of period.

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Frequency

• Amplitude

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The speed of a sound wave

• depends on wavelength.

• depends on the medium.

• depends on amplitude.

• None of the above

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