Properties of Waves

What is transferred by a wave?

• energy

• matter

• particles

• mass

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The distance from one wave crest to the next crest is ____.

• the amplitude

• a trough

• a wavelength

• the frequency

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Choose the letter(s) that represent the trough of a wave.

• D only

• E only

• B and G

• A, C, F, and H

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A wavelength is the distance between which 2 points?

• B and G

• A and C

• C and F

• A and H

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The number of wave cycles per second is known and the _____ of the wave.

• period

• frequency

• length

• crest

The distance from the equilibrium line marked in the diagram by a red arrow is known as the ____ of the wave.

• crest

• speed

• frequency

• amplitude

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Which image represents a longitudinal wave?

• A

• B

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Shaking a rope up and down produces which type of wave?

• transverse

• amplitude

• longitudinal

• period

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Sound waves are which type of waves?

• transverse

• seismic

• longitudinal

• frequency

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The highest point on a transverse wave is called the ____.

• frequency

• lambda

• trough

• crest

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