Parts of a Wave Vocabulary

What do waves carry and transfer?

• Nothing

• Only Sound

• Only sunlight

• Energy

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The highest part of the wave is called the _______________.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Trough

• Crest

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The bottom part of the wave is called trough.

• True

• False

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_________________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Crest

• Wavelength

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Which wave has the greatest wavelength?

• Red Wave

• Orange Wave

• Green Wave

• Purple Wave

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Which wave has the lowest wavelength?

• Red

• Violet

• Orange

• Green

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________is the distance between the crest and the medium.

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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When the wavelength of a wave decreases the frequency _______.

• increases

• decreases

• is not effected

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