Wave Properties and Behaviors

Waves are:

• cannot travel through space.

• something Mr. Cook surfs

• oscillations that carry energy.

• only in the ocean.

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There are 2 types of waves. They are:

• Mechanical and Electromagnetic

• X-Rays and Visible Light

• Sound Waves and Light Waves

• EM Waves and Ocean Waves

Space is a vacuum. A vacuum is....

• makes sound louder.

• sucks waves to us.

• used to clean the floor.

• has no matter in it.

Draw a transverse wave. Remember, there is a resting point (straight line) and ups and downs.

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The part of a wave between 2 crests or troughs is called the:

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• distance

The time it takes a wave to MOVE from one point to another is called.

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• 240 cm/s

• 8000 cm/s

• 8

• 5 cm/s

Waves act with matter in three ways. Which one is a bending of waves?

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Wearing a black shirt in the hot Florida sun is an example of:

• Absorption

• Defraction

• Reflection

• Refraction

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When a wave bounces off a surface, this is:

• Absoption

• Defraction

• Refraction

• Reflection

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