Wave Talk

Waves

• transport matter from place to place.

• do not travel through a medium.

• do not transfer energy.

• do not transfer matter but do transport energy.

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Waves travel through

• a medium

• a maximum

• a minimum

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These types of waves ONLY travel through a medium.

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves

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Electromagnetic waves

• travel through solids

• travel through liquids

• travel through gasses

• travel through a vacuum

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The high point on a wave is its

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

The low point on a wave is its

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

The distance between one crest and another crest is a wave's

• trough

• crest

• wavelength

• amplitude

A wave's amplitude is

(there may be more than 1 correct answer)

• the center of the wave

• the measurement from center of the wave to the crest.

• the measurement from center of the wave to the trough.

• the measurement between two crests.

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Frequency is

• the distance from one point on the wave  to the same point  on the next wave.

  
  

• the high point on the wave.

  
  

• the measurement from center of the wave to the crest or from the center of the wave to the trough.

• the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a second.

  
  

Which travels faster?

• a sound wave

• a light wave

• a wave good-bye