Waves Vocab Quiz

A movement that carries energy through water, air, or other things

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Wave

• Wavelength

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What is the correct definition of amplitude?

• How tall a wave is from the middle to the top of the wave

• The lowest part of the wave.

• Light bending in water

• A wave that helps us see things.

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How many waves that pass by a spot in one second is called?

• Amplitude

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Frequency

The distance between one wave peak and the next wave peak is called?

• Crest

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

What does the trough of a wave mean?

• The highest point of a wave.

• How tall a wave is from the middle to the top.

• The lowest point of the wave.

• An echo.

What is the definition of crest?

• The highest point of a wave.

• The stuff that waves move through.

• When a wave bounces back.

• The lowest point of the wave.

What is the stuff that waves move through, like air, water, or solids.

• Reflection

• Crest

• Medium

• Frequency

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What is a reflection?

• The highest point of a wave.

• When a wave bounces back after hitting something.

• When a wave changes direction, like light bending in water.

• A wave that helps us see things.

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What is a wave that lets us hear sounds?

• Medium

• Light Wave

• Peak

• Sound Wave

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What is the definition of refraction?

• When a wave changes direction as it moves from one thing to another.

• The lowest point of the wave.

• When a wave bounces back after hitting something.

• How many waves pass by a spot in one second.

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