Characteristics of Waves

Identify the wave part

• crest

• trough

• compression

• refraction

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Identify the wave part

• crest

• trough

• compression

• refraction

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Identify the wave type.

• compressional

• electromagnetic

• transverse

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What do waves transfer?

• energy
• matter
• work
• power

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Which type of wave can travel through matter or empty space?

• electromagnetic
• mechanical
• work 
• power

disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

• wave
• energy
• vacuums 

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What kind of wave is this?

• Transverse Wave
• Longitudinal Wave

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What kind of wave is this?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal

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The highest point on a wave is:

• the crest
• the trough
• the top
• the coast 

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The lowest point on a wave is the:

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength