Check your understanding Waves Magnetism and Electricity

The wavelength of the wave in the diagram below is given by letter ____.

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The amplitude of the wave in the diagram below is given by letter ____.

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Indicate the interval which represents one full wavelength.

• A to C

• B to D

• A to G

• C to G

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TRUE or FALSE: In order for Katie to hear Paul, air molecules must move from the lips of Jill to the ears of John.

• True

• False

Harry and Sally are conducting a wave experiment using a slinky. Curly takes the slinky, presses it together and then lets it go. What type of wave is he representing?

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Lynn and Steve are experimenting with a rope? Mac snaps the rope down to create a wave in the rope that moves from his hand to the end of the rope. Describe the motion that each particle in the medium of that wave is moving.

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A medium is able to transport a wave from one location to another because the particles of the medium are ____.

• frictionless

• isolated from one another

• able to interact

• very light

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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

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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/compressional

Describe how the fans in a stadium must move in order to produce a longitudinal stadium wave.

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