Wave Vocab Quiz

What is a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place?

• energy

• wave

• horror movie

• wavelength

What is the material through which a wave travels?

• medium

• water

• air

• vacuum

What is the position of the wave when there is no disturbance?

• destructive interference

• constructive interference

• equilibrium position

• amplitude

What is the highest point of a wave?

• trough

• amplitude

• crest

• tippy top

What is the lowest point of a transverse wave?

• Lowest depth

• trough

• crest

• tippy top

What is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together?

• fusion

• compression

• rarefaction

• squishy

What is a part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart?

• rarefactions

• compressions

• expansion

• distance

What is a wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels?

• slinky wave

• mechanical wave

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

What is a wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels?

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• slinky wave

• mechanical wave

What is the maximum displacement on either side of the equilibrium (midpoint) position for a wave or vibration?

• constructive interference

• amplitude

• wavelength

• equilibrium position