Tyler Waves, Light, Sound Practice

Match the following

• mechanical wave

• a wave that can travel only through matter

• Radio Wave

• a wave in which the disturbance is parallel to the direction the wave travels.

• electromagnetic wave

• A low frequency, low energy electromagnetic wave that has a wavelength longer than about 30 cm.

• longitudinal wave

• a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the directions the wave travels.

• transverse wave

• a transverse wave that can travel through empty space and through matter.

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Match the following

• translucent

• a electromagnetic wave that has a wavelength shorter than a microwave but longer than visible light.

• ultraviolet wave

• a material through which light does not pass

• transparent

• a material that allows almost all light that strikes it to pass through and objects can be seen clearly.

• opaque

• a material that allows almost all light that strikes it pass through, but through which objects appear blurry.

• infrared wave

• an electromagenetic wave that has a slightly shorter wavelength and higher frequency than visible light.

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Match the following

• amplitude

• the change in direction of a wave as it changes speed in moving from one medium to another

• intensity

• the maximum distance a wave varies from its resting position

• refraction

• the number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second

• frequency

• the amount of energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second.

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Match the following

• rarefaction

• the perception of how high or low a sound is; related to the frequency of a sound wave

• compression

• region of a longitudinal wave where the particles of a medium are father apart.

• pitch

• the unit used to measure sound intensity or loudness

• decibel

• region of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are closest together

Waves begin with a ​ (a)   and transfer ​ (b)   but do not transfer ​ (c)   .

• source of energy
• energy from one place to another
• matter
• decibels
• power outlet
• anything that has low frequency
• sound to a new place

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What type of wave only travels through matter?

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

what type of wave travels through empty space and matter?

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

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What is it called when wave energy is carried all the way through the matter?

• Absorption

• Transmission

• Refraction

• Diffraction

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Match the following

• transmission

• the change in direction of a wave when it travels past the edge of an object or through an opening

• diffraction

• wave energy changes to thermal energy and remains in matter; less energy is transmitted

• refraction

• wave energy bounces back off matter toward the source

• absorption

• wave energy carried all the way through the matter

• reflection

• the change in direction as s wave that changes speed when it moves from one medium into another at an angle

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longer wavelength = ________

• lower pitch

• lower frequency

• higher pitch

• higher frequency