Wave Properties Quiz

A wave will travel only as long as it has ______ to carry.

• energy

• mass

• amplitude

• matter

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When you squeeze together the coils of a spring and then release them, you are creating a ______ wave.

• transverse

• compressional

• water

• seismic

Waves in which the particles of the medium move only in the same direction as the motion of the wave are ______ waves.

• transverse

• compressional

• water

• seismic

Water waves are

• transverse waves

• compressional waves

• seismic waves

• both a and b

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Seismic waves are ___ waves.

• transverse

• compressional

• uniform

• both a and b

You are creating a wave on a spring. If you start shaking the spring more slowly, the wavelength of the resulting wave will ___.

• increase

• decrease

• remain the same

• depend on the amplitude

If you are lying on a raft, and you notice that the number of waves that go past the raft increases, you also find that the distance between each crest ___.

• increases

• decreases

• remains the same

• spreads out

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Wave A carries more energy than wave B. Wave B has a smaller ___ than wave A.

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

• speed

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The energy a wave carries is measured by its

• wavelength

• frequency

• amplitude

• speed

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For a given wave, if the frequency doubles, the wavelength ___.

• doubles

• stays the same

• is halved

• quadruples

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