Waves Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 1-6

A regular pattern of motion that is caused by a disturbance.

• Medium
• Wave
• Energy
• Amplitude

What is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs?

• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Duration
• Crest

What are mechanical waves that move up and down?

• Longitudinal Waves
• Transverse Waves
• Amplitude
• Wavelengths

What are waves that make that particles move in the same direction the wave is traveling?

• Longitudinal Waves
• Transverse Waves
• Amplitude
• Wavelengths

What is the distance between the crest or trough and the equilibrium?

• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Crest

What is the highest point of a wave?

• Crest
• Trough
• Equilibrium
• Wavelength

What is the lowest point of a wave?

• Crest
• Trough
• Equilibrium
• Wavelength

What is the number of wavelengths that pass a point within a specific unit of time?

• Amplitude
• Wavelengths
• Medium
• Frequency

Which waves can travel through a vacuum?

• Mechanical Waves
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Sound Waves

What is a medium?

• The midpoint of a wave
• A space in the universe that is void of matter that only electromagnetic waves can travel through.
• A solid, liquid, or gas that mechanical waves or electromagnetic waves can travel through
• The lowest point of a wave