Waves Quiz

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is its

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• velocity

The height of the wave from its resting point is called its

• wavelength

• amplitude

• velocity

• frequency

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A wave that needs a medium to travel is called a(n)

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

• ocean wave

• any way can do this

A wave that can travel with or without a medium is called a(n)

• electromagnetic wave

• mechanical wave

• surface wave

• all waves can travel in any way

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Longitudinal waves have:

• crests and troughs

• crests and compressions

• compressions and rarefactions

• troughs and rarefactions

Transverse waves have:

• crests and troughs

• troughs and rarefactions

• compressions and contractions

• rarefactions and crests

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How often a wave occurs is the wave's

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

• velocity

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Transverse waves move mediums

• at a right angle

• in a circle

• and matter too

• at an acute angle

Longitudinal waves vibrate matter:

• at a right angle compared to the direction the wave is traveling

• in a circle compared to the direction the wave is traveling

• matter

• in the same direction as the wave is traveling

Particles in water in an ocean wave move

• in a square

• in a right angle

• in a circle

• in a dodecahedron