9.2 Waves of Energy Activity Sheet

2. The distance (length) between two waves is called the _______________.

• peak
• trough
• wavelength
• pulse

3. When waves come by often, we say they have a ___________frequency. When they come by slow we say they have a _____________ frequency.

• low, high
• low, medium
• high, low
• high, medium

4. If Bill makes a high frequency sound, you can see the waves are close together and the wavelength is ________.

• long
• medium
• short

15. What causes an echo?

• very high amplitude waves
• very high frequency waves
• waves absorbing into a surface
• waves bouncing off a surface

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1. Any disturbance that transmits energy through a medium is called a ______________________.

• wave
• energy
• transfer

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2. The higher the frequency, the _______________ the energy will be.

• Greater
• Less

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3. The top of a wave is also know as it's ________________.

• wavelength
• amplitude
• crest
• trough

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4. The bottom of a wave is called a _____________.

• wavelength
• amplitude
• crest
• trough

5. An _____________________ is the back and forth or up and down motion of a wave.

• wavelength
• oscillation
• crest
• trough

6. The motion of a transverse wave is _________________, and the motion of a longitudinal wave is __________________.

• Up and down/ up and down
• Side to side/ up and down
• Up and down/ side to side
• side to side and side to side