Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

Wave

• Any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• Movement of a wave that travels through some type of matter.

• Movement of a wave that travels without needing to pass through matter.

• The matter a wave travels through.

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In what type of wave does the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave?

• surface wave
• longitudinal wave
• transverse wave
• electromagnetic wave

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

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When the car moves AWAY from you, its horn seems...

• Low pitched
• High pitched
• Normal

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What is sound?

• Energy caused by vibration you can hear.

• To move back and forth very quickly.

• How high or low a sound is.

• The ability to make something move or change.

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Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

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• Reflection
• Refraction

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What part is represented by the blue lines?

• Crest
• Resting Point
• Wavelength
• Amplitude

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Sound waves can travel through a vacuum.

• True

• False

True or False: Sound travels better through solids than through liquids

• True 
• False

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