Wave Properties & Sound Waves Test Review

1. 1. A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

2. 2. The movement of energy through a body of water

• vacuum

• wave

• medium

• amplitude

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A wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

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The material through which a wave travels

• frequency

• amplitude

• medium

• wavelength

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A wave that moves the medium at right angles (perpendicular) to the direction in which the wave travels

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• surface wave

• electromagnetic wave

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A medium can be a...

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• vacuum

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Sound waves cannot travel in Outer Space because there are no air molecules. Outer Space is an example of a

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• vacuum

The height of a wave from the resting position to the crest, or the resting position to the trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• medium

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

The distance between two crests or two troughs

• amplitutde

• frequency

• wavelength

• medium

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

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• medium

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A space that is completely empty of solids, liquids, gases, or other matter

• vacuum

• wavelength

• frequency

• medium