Waves

If asked to describe a wave, you could say waves are the...

• disturbance of energy in a material

• movement of particles within a medium

• a disturbance that transfers energy

• repetitive transfer of particles from one medium to another

When compared to other types of waves, electromagnetic waves differ because they are...

• able to travel through a vacuum

• able to move particles in a medium

• all visible

• a form of energy

As a wave travels through a medium, it displaces particles in a direction parallel to the motion of the wave. We can conclude this is a...

• longitudinal wave because the wave is traveling in the same direction at all times

• transverse wave because the wave is traveling through a medium causing particle displacement

• longitudinal wave because particle displacement is the same direction as the wave

• transverse wave because the particle motion is in the same direction as the way the wave is traveling

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A wave travels through a medium and displaces the particles perpendicular to the direction in which the wave is traveling. This type of wave is a...

• transverse wave because it is not traveling in a vacuum and the particles are moving

• longitudinal wave because it moves forward through a medium causing the particles to vibrate

• longitudinal wave because of the way the particles are displaced as the wave passes through

• transverse wave because of the direction that the particles are being displaced as the wave travels

Given the distance between the crest of one wave and the crest of the next wave, you can determine the...

• amplitude

• wavelength

• frequency

• equilibrium

To determine a waves' frequency, you must know the...

• distance it travels

• number of cycles in a given period of time

• height of the wave

• distance between the crest and trough

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The vertical displacement of the wave is measured from the...

• equilibrium to the crest and is called the amplitude

• crest to the trough and is called the amplitude

• trough to the trough and is called the wavelength

• equilibrium to the crest and is called the frequency

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After a wave passes through a medium, particles in the medium...

• are permanently displaced in a direction opposite to the direction of the wave

• remain in the new location

• return to the original position

• are moved along with the wave

We can determine the velocity of a wave when given the _______ and the wavelength.

• amplitude

• crest

• equilibrium

• frequency

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As longitudional waves travel, particles in the medium are pushed together and then pulled apart. We call this...

• an equilibrium and oscillation

• compression and rarefaction

• construction and destruction

• a disturbance and propogation