Compression Wave

What do we call a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another in a regular and organized way?

• Velocity

• Amplitude

• Wave

• Frequency

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In a _________ wave, wavelength is measured as the distance from one compression to the next compression.

• transverse

• compression

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What travels through a wave?

• mass

• energy

• mass and energy

• neither mass nor energy

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Which wave is pictured? (a)  

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Both

• Neither

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What do we call the parts of this wave that are close together?

• transverse wave

• longitudinal wave

• compressions

• rarefactions

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Sound is a disturbance that travels through a medium

• surface wave

• standing wave

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

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What type of wave is characterized by particles of the medium moving parallel to the direction of wave propagation?

• Transverse wave

• Compression wave

• Surface wave

• Electromagnetic wave

In a compression wave, what is the region called where particles are closest together?

• Rarefaction

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

Which of the following is a real-world example of a compression wave?

• Light wave

• Sound wave

• Water wave

• Radio wave

What is the primary medium through which sound waves, a type of compression wave, travel?

• Vacuum

• Air

• Glass

• Metal

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