Waves and Electromagnetic Spectrum Practice

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a

• wave

• medium

• vibration

• compression

The highest parts of a transverse wave are called

• troughs

• crests

• nodes

• wavelengths

Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling are called

• compressional waves

• transverse waves

• surface waves

• combination waves

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is the wave's

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• speed

The bending of waves due to a change in speed is called

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction

• interference

The interaction between two waves that meet is called

• reflection

• rarefaction

• diffraction

• interference

Frequency is measured in units called

• amps

• hertz

• nodes

• antinodes

When a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back, it undergoes

• reflection

• refraction

• constructive interference

• destructive interference

Waves combine to produce a smaller or zero-amplitude wave in a process called

• destructive interference

• constructive interference

• reflection

• refraction

Which waves have some electrical properties and some magnetic properties?

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves