A disturbance in a medium that transfers energy from place to place.

• Science

• Solids

• Matter

• Wave

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Waves are a transfer of what?

• Heat
• Light
• Energy
• Food

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Match the following terms to their definitions

• the highest point of a wave

• crest

• a material that a wave travels through

• amplitude

• the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of a wave

• wavelength

• the lowest part of a wave

• medium

• the height of a wave. From rest to crest

• trough

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Wave ​ ​ (a)   has a greater frequency.​

• A
• B

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What type of wave is this?

• Longitdinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

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What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal
• Transverse

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The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.

• Density
• Compression
• Rarefaction
• Amplitude

The two parts of a longitudinal wave are ______________ and ______________.

(a)   ​ (b)  

• Compressions
• Rarefactions
• crests
• troughs
• wavelengths

What wave property does this illustration demonstrate?

• frequency

• diffraction

• amplitude

• Doppler Effect

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Put the colors in order from highest frequency to lowest frequency.

• Red

• Purple

• Green

• Blue

• Orange

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