All About Waves

Nina’s measurements, shown in the table here, BEST represent a wave with

• decreasing frequency.

• increasing frequency.

• increasing amplitude.

• decreasing amplitude.

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A student draws an arrow to model sound coming into contact with a wall that is padded with foam to completely sound proof the entire room.

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The speed of sound waves through two different media, steel and air, was recorded. According to the graph, sound waves travel

• through steel, but not through air.

• faster through steel than through air.

• faster through air than through steel.

• through steel and air at similar speeds.

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A wave that moves the medium parallel to the direction of the energy is a:

• electromagnetic

• standing

• transverse

• longitudinal

When the particles of a medium are vibrating perpendicular to the direction of the wave,  this is a __________wave.

• sound

• water

• transverse

• longitudinal

The distance between the crest of a wave and the crest of the next wave is:

• 3mm

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

The number of complete waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time is:

• speed

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

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What two characteristics of a wave do you need to calculate it’s speed?

• frequency and amplitude

• wavelength and time

• distance and wavelength

• wavelength and frequency

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the highest point of a transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction

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the lowest point of a transverse wave

• crest

• trough

• compression

• rarefaction