Wave Properties Quiz

The distance from crest to crest, or compression to compression on a wave.

When two or more waves combine to form a new wave.

A rhythmic disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.

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Where particles are pushed together in a longitudinal wave.

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off of it.

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The amount of energy carried by a wave.

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The bending of waves caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium through another.

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The number of waves that pass a given point in one second.

Waves that do NOT need a medium to travel.

• Transverse Waves

• Mechanical Waves

• Longitudinal Waves

• Electromagnetic Waves

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Angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection.

• The Law of Absorption

• The Law of Reflection

• The Law of Refraction

• The Law of Conservation

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