Waves Unit One

What is the definition of a wave?

• Physical motion of particles through matter

• Particles moving back and forth in matter

• Rhythmic disturbances that carry energy through matter and space

What is the difference between a wave and wave pulse?

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What is a medium when referring to wave energy transference?

• Middle ground

• Middle sized

• Habitat

• A form of matter

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A wave is transporting energy from left to right. The particles of the medium are moving back and forth in a leftward and rightward direction. This type of wave is known as a ____.

• mechanical

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• longitudinal

How do waves transfer energy?

• Moving matter from one place to the next

• By moving energy through the particles in a medium

• Through Transmission

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A transverse wave is transporting energy from east to west.         

The particles of the medium will move_____.

• east to west only

• both eastward and westward

• north to south only

• both northward and southward

In which two common ways do waves move

• Transverse and Longitudinal/Compressional

• Compressions and Rarefactions

• P waves and S waves

When referring to a wave, what is Amplitude?

• This measures the speed of the wave.

• This measures the maximum or minimum displacement from the resting position of a wave.

• This measures how often a wave is produced in a given time.

• This measures how long a wave is.

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How do we measure the Speed of a wave?

• Miles/Hour

• Kilometers/Hour

• Meters/Second

• Yards/Second

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What is Frequency?

• Maximum amount of displacement of particles in the medium from its resting point

• The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.

• The rate at which a wave travels

• The number of cycles that are completed per time.

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