Mechanical Waves - Transverse

What are the two categories of mechanical waves based on the motion of particles?

• Longitudinal and transverse waves

• Crest and trough waves

• Amplitude and frequency waves

• Wavelength and energy waves

In transverse waves, the direction of the wave is perpendicular to the direction of what?

• The wave's amplitude

• The wave's frequency

• The energy transfer or vibrations

• The wave's wavelength

Which components are included in all transverse waves?

• Wavelength, crest, trough, amplitude, and frequency

• Amplitude, energy, wavelength, and direction

• Frequency, energy, amplitude, and speed

• Direction, speed, wavelength, and energy

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How is wavelength defined in a transverse wave?

• The distance from one crest to the next trough

• The height from the crest to the resting position

• The distance from one crest to the next crest

• The time it takes to move from one crest to the next trough

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What does a greater amplitude in a wave indicate?

• The wave carries less energy

• The wave is moving faster

• The wave carries more energy

• The wave has a longer wavelength

What is the definition of frequency in the context of waves?

• The speed at which a wave travels through a medium

• The number of waves that pass a fixed point in one second

• The height of a wave from crest to trough

• The distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of a wave

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What is meant by the term 'hertz' in the study of waves?

• The amplitude of a wave

• The speed of a wave

• The unit of frequency of a wave

• The wavelength of a wave

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What happens to the frequency of a wave if its wavelength increases?

• The frequency increases

• The frequency remains the same

• The frequency decreases

• The frequency is not related to wavelength

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Which term describes the bending of a wave when it enters a different medium?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Transmission

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What is the term used to describe the phenomenon when waves bend around corners or spread out after passing through a small opening?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Transmission