Lesson 7.1 - What are waves?

What does a wave transfer?

• power

• matter

• energy

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Which type of wave is a radio wave?

• mechanical

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

Which type of wave has rarefactions and compressions?

• transverse

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

Which type of wave is produced by movement at cracks in Earth's upper layer?

• seismic

• electromagnetic

• ultraviolet

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What is the name for the lowest point on a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

What is the name for the highest point on a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

Waves do not transfer this.

• matter

• energy

• wavelength

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Sunlight produces these.

• mechanical waves

• longitudinal waves

• electromagnetic waves

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Waves in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the waves travel.

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• sound waves

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What type of wave travels only through matter?

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• sunlight

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