Waves

What type of wave carries the energy of earthquakes?

• Sound waves

• Seismic waves

• Light waves

• Electromagnetic waves

Amplitude is _________________

• the length of the wave

• the bottom part of a transverse wave

• the top part of a transverse wave

• the height of a wave

What type of waves move up and down or side to side (such as light and s-waves)?

• transverse

• longitudinal

What is the bottom part of a transverse wave called?

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

What is the top part of a transverse wave called?

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wavelength

What is the part of a longitudinal wave called where the waves are farthest apart?

• compression

• rarefaction

• crest

• trough

What type of wave is produced by vibrations of electronically charged particles, and can move in a vacuum (space)?

• sound

• light

• water

The number of waves that pass a point in a second is known as _______________.

• wavelength

• compression

• frequency

• amplitude

These waves compress and expand. P-waves and sound waves travel this way.

• transverse

• longitudinal

The places where waves are pushed closest together in a longitudinal wave are called ________________.

• compression

• rarefaction

• trough

• crest