Mechanical Waves Quiz

What does a wave transfer?

What is the role of a medium in the propagation of sound waves?

• It generates the sound waves

• It carries the sound waves from one place to another

• It reflects the sound waves

• It absorbs the sound waves

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a pulse wave?

• It is a single disturbance

• It does not repeat

• It has a constant frequency

• It is a non-periodic wave

What is the definition of a periodic wave?

• It is a wave that does not repeat its oscillation

• It is a wave that repeats its oscillation after a fixed interval

• It is a wave that travels only through a vacuum

• It is a wave that creates a sudden disturbance

Which type of wave has its particles move in the same direction as the wave?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Shear wave

• Compression wave

What type of wave is produced by the string itself when you pluck a violin string?

• Surface wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

• Compression wave

What type of wave is a sound wave?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Compression wave

• Electromagnetic wave

What is the type of wave that moves particles in the same direction as the wave?

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

• Surface wave

• Electromagnetic wave

What type of wave is a sound wave in air?

What is the term for the highest point in a wave?

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength