Waves and Sound Quiz

What is a wave?

• The valley or lowest point between two crests.

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

• The distance between two crests.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

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What is wavelength?

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

• The distance between two identical points on a wave.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

• The valley or lowest point between two crests.

What is a crest?

• The distance between two crests.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

• The valley or lowest point between two crests.

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

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What is rest in a wave?

• The valley or lowest point between two crests.

• The position of a wave when there are no vibrations.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

What is amplitude?

• The distance between two crests.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

• The distance a wave travels from rest (think height)

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

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What is frequency in a wave?

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

• The speed of the wave. Measured in Hertz.

• The distance between two crests.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

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What is a trough in a wave?

• The peak or highest point on a wave.

• The distance between two crests.

• The lowest point of a wave.

• A disturbance that moves through particles.

What do we call the highness or lowness of sound?

• Pitch

• Amplitude

• Volume

• Frequency

Volume is measured in decibles and means how ___________ or __________ a sound is.

• highness or lowness

• loud or soft

• fast or slow

• long or short

What is a medium?

• How sound travels

• Why sound travels

• Where sound travels to

• What sound travels through

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