QUIZ: Mechanical Waves

Define WAVE:

What is a medium? Select ALL that apply.

• Matter through which a wave travels
• Can be solid, liquid, gas or a combination of these
• A solid or liquid
• Matter which prevents waves from traveling

What is a Compressional wave?

• Matter moves back and forth at right angles to direction that waves travel
• Matter in medium moves in the same direction that the wave travels
• Waves that can only travel through a medium

Provide an example of a mechanical wave.

Situation: You are listening to a YouTube video shown to the class. (You are not using headphones.) Identify the type of wave.

• Light
• Heat
• Water
• Sound
• Seismic (earthquake)

Situation: You are listening to a YouTube video shown to the class. (You are not using headphones.) Identify the medium that the wave is traveling through so that you may hear the video.

• Wood and concrete (solid)
• Air (gas)
• Water
• Space (There is no medium.)

What is a Mechanical wave?

• Matter moves back and forth at right angles to direction that waves travel
• Matter in medium moves in the same direction that the wave travels
• Waves that can only travel through a medium

What is another name for a Compressional wave?

(a)  

Do waves require a medium for transport?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

What is a transverse wave?

• Matter moves back and forth at right angles to direction that waves travel
• Matter in medium moves in the same direction that the wave travels
• Waves that can only travel through a medium