Wave Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term used to describe the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave, such as from crest to crest?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Trough

Which type of wave moves the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

• Mechanical waves

• Standing waves

What is the term for the bending of waves due to a change in speed as they enter a new medium?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Interference

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What phenomenon occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?

• Resonance

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Compression

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What term means the lowest part of a transverse wave?

• Crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

What term means the highest part of a transverse wave?

• Crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What term means an interaction between two waves that meet?

• rarefaction

• standing wave

• interference

• amplitude

What term means a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place?

• wave

• medium

• amplitude

• wavelength

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

What term means wave particles are spread apart in a longitudinal wave?

• compression

• crest

• rarefaction

• trough

What term means wave particles are closer together in a longitudinal wave?

• compression

• crest

• rarefaction

• trough