Intro to waves and their properties

A _____is a repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place.

• medium

• wave

• matter

• energy

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We depend on waves for nearly everything we do from talking, being able to see things with our eyes, listening to music and using a cell phone all require waves transmitting energy.

• True

• False

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Some waves can carry energy through empty space while others transmit energy through a _______ without transporting matter.​

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A medium is a material through which waves can travel. It can be a _____, _____, or _____.

• solid

• metal

• liquid

• gas

• air

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______ vibrates up and down perpendicular to the motion the energy travels.

• Compressional/Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

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• The lowest point on a transverse wave.

• crest

• amplitude

• period

• trough

 When the particles of a longitudinal wave are close together.

• diffraction

• reflection

• compression

• rarefaction

•  The one thing waves all have in common is they transmit energy and not matter.

• True

• False

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• When a wave bounces off a surface.

• rarefaction

• reflection

• energy

• compression

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The highest point on a transverse wave.

• wavelength

• wave

• crest

• frequency

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