properties of waves

What is wavelength?

• total amount of time it takes a wave to move through one cycle

• distance between a point on a wave and the EXACT same point on the next wave

• number of crests and troughs a wave produces in one minute

• length of a series of waves traveling from a source

Which best describes a wave?

• disturbance that carries energy

• kind of motion that pushes objects

• form of energy that makes heat

• type of matter

What produces sound?

• friction

• vibrations

• light

• heat

is a wave that moves perpendicular to the direction of the particles.

• Transverse wave
• Surface wave
• Standing wave
• Longitudinal wave

is a wave that moves in the same direction as the particles.

• Longitudinal wave
• Transverse wave
• Surface wave

the greatest height of a wave from its resting position.

• Frequency
• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Crest

Is the distance between similar points on a wave.

• wavelength
• amplitude
• frequency

Is a disturbance that carries energy and travels in a repeating pattern.

• Particle
• Force
• Energy
• Wave

is the number of wave repetitions in a certain amount of time.

• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Amplitude

is a repeated back-and-forth motion.

• Rotation
• Vibration
• Translation