Sound waves and light waves behave differently in different materials. How are sound waves different from light waves?

Sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum

Light waves cannot travel through a vacuum

Only light waves can pass through a material

Only sound waves can pass through a material

Select three of the following statements that are correct about mechanical waves.

They can propagate in a physical medium

They are composed of high energy particles

How do particles move in a longitudinal wave?

The vibrations move parallel to the wave's direction of travel.

The vibrations move perpendicular to the wave's direction of travel.

The vibrations move in opposition to the wave's direction of travel

The vibrations move in circles along the wave's direction of travel.

How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?

Mechanical waves can only travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.

Mechanical waves can only travel through a vacuum, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas.

Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a gas.

Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a solid.

Which of the following statements is true with regard to transverse and longitudinal waves?

Transverse waves have motion perpendicular to velocity, while longitudinal waves have motion parallel to velocity.

Both transverse waves and longitudinal waves have motion parallel to velocity

Transverse waves have motion parallel to velocity, while longitudinal waves have motion perpendicular to velocity

Both transverse waves and longitudinal waves have motion perpendicular to velocity.

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between wavelength and frequency?

The longer the wavelength, the lower the frequency.

The longer the wavelength, the higher the frequency.

The shorter the wavelength, the lower the frequency.

The shorter the wavelength, the weaker the frequency.

Identify the three statements that describe electromagnetic waves

The waves can travel through a vacuum and a physical medium.

The frequency of the waves is proportional to their wavelengths

The waves are formed by the movement of packets of high energy photons

The waves can only travel through a physical medium.

The waves cause particles to vibrate but they do not move far from equilibrium.

Identify the three statements that describes mechanical waves

The waves can only travel through a physical medium.

The frequency of the waves is proportional to their wavelengths

The waves cause particles to vibrate but they do not move far from equilibrium.

The waves can travel through a vacuum and a physical medium.

The waves are formed by the movement of packets of high energy photons

Medium, or media, means what when talking about waves?

Matter the wave travels through.

Frequency measures what?

The number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time.

The amount of enery in the wave.

What is the wavelength in a longitudinal wave?

from one rarefaction to the next rarefaction

from one compression to the next compression

S8P4.A Waves

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are electromagnetic and mechanical waves similar?

They both move matter

They both transfer energy

They both need a medium to travel

They both can travel through a vacuum

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What letter indicates a single crest of a wave?

A

B

C

D

Which image shows the shortest wavelength?

W

X

Y

Z

Which kind of wave moves back and forth along the direction of the wave?

amplitude

frequency

longitudinal

transverse

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In a wave, the number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time is called which of the following?

amplitude

frequency

period

wavelength

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following describes the motion of water waves?

rarefied

compressional

transverse

longitudinal

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the amplitude of the wave?

6 cm

12 cm

20 cm

50 cm

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S8P4.A Waves

34 questions

How are electromagnetic and mechanical waves similar?

What letter indicates a single crest of a wave?

Which image shows the shortest wavelength?

Which kind of wave moves back and forth along the direction of the wave?

In a wave, the number of cycles or vibrations per unit of time is called which of the following?

Which of the following describes the motion of water waves?

What is the amplitude of the wave?

Sound waves and light waves behave differently in different materials. How are sound waves different from light waves?

Which of the following correctly shows the part of the wave that represents the wavelength?

Select three of the following statements that are correct about mechanical waves.

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