Characteristics of waves

What do you call vibrations that move through a medium?

• waves

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

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When a Slinky is moved up and down it creates a

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• medium

• energy

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Sound travels through air. What is air an example of?

• medium

• energy

• longitudinal waves

• transverse waves

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The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave. (Like crest to crest)

A wave that vibrates through the medium up and down or side to side is a

• transverse wave

• surface wave

• sound wave

• longitudinal wave

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

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Which wave has the lowest amplitude?

• 1 (top)

• 2 (middle)

• 3 (bottom)

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Which wave has the highest amplitude?

• 1 (top)

• 2 (middle)

• 3 (bottom)

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a mechanical wave?

• sunlight

• vibrations of a guitar string

• knocking on a door

• sound waves

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All waves carry...

• energy

• light

• matter

• particles

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