Wave Properties

What is the material waves travel through?

• Period
• Frequency
• Medium
• Hertz

Sound travels best through

• solids
• liquids
• gases
• colloids

What type of waves have compressions and rarefactions?

• longitudinal
• transverse

What does the picture represent?

• diffraction 

• reflection 

• Interference 

• refraction 

What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal
• Transverse

Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest 
• amplitude

Which wave has the highest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which letter shows amplitude?

• F
• G
• H
• J

A high energy wave is considered to have a high 

• amplitude
• frequency
• wavelength
• period

What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal
• Transverse