Light 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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True or False

Light does NOT need a medium to travel through.

• True

• False

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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

True or False: Light Waves can travel in a vacuum, like Outer Space

• True

• False

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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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

The amount of energy in a wave (how bright or dim a light is)

• medium

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

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Light waves are an example of

• mechanical waves

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• electromagnetic waves

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