Waves Review Slides

A wave that does not require a medium to travel through

• A. electromagnetic wave.

• B. surface wave

• C. medium

• D. transverse wave

A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction in which the wave is traveling

• A. surface wave

• B. transverse wave

• C. electromagnetic wave

• D. longitudinal wave

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

• A. mechanical wave

• B. surface wave

• C. longitudinal wave

• D. wave

The number of waves produced in a given amount of time

• A. amplitude

• B. wave speed

• C. frequency

• D. wavelength

The speed at which a wave travels through a medium

• A. frequency

• B. wavelength

• C. wave speed

• D. amplitude

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their rest position

• A. frequency

• B. wavelength

• C. wave speed

• D. amplitude

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

• A. frequency

• B. wavelength

• C. wave speed

• D. amplitude

A change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge.

• A. refraction

• B. reflection

• C. standing wave

• D. diffraction

A phenomenon that occurs when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency

• A. interference

• B. standing wave

• C. resonance

• D. reflection

The bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs

• A. refraction

• B. reflection

• C. resonance

• D. standing wave