Waves, Sound and Light Quiz Revision

A ___ is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

• electromagnetic

• mechanical

• wave

• vibration

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The source of energy of a wave is also known as a ___.

• electromagnetic

• mechanical

• wave

• vibration

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• Is a back-and-forth or an up-and-down movement of an object

• vibration

• mechanical

• wave

• electromagnetic

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• Types of waves that travel only through matter and NOT through vacuum.

• vibration

• mechanical

• wave

• electromagnetic

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• A material in which a wave travels is

• vibration

• mechanical

• medium

• electromagnetic

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• A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels is __.

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• electromagnetic wave

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• A wave that moves parallel to the direction of the wave is ___.

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• electromagnetic wave

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• A wave that DOES NOT need a medium to travel because it travels through vacuum is ___.

• mechanical wave

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• electromagnetic wave

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• Sections of a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together

• compressions

• rarefactions

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

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• Sections of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart

• compressions

• rarefactions

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave