6th Grade Ch 15, Lesson 1 (Waves) Test

What does a wave transfer?

• power
• water
• energy

Which type of wave is a radio wave?

• mechanical
• longitudinal
• elecromagnetic

Which type of wave has rarefactions and compression?

• transverse
• longitudinal
• electromagnetic

Which type of wave is produced by movement at cracks in Earth's upper level?

• Seismic
• Ultraviolet
• electromagnetic

What is the name for the lowest point of a transverse wave?

• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength

What is the name for the highest point of a transverse wave?

• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength

What do you call a wave that can only travel through matter?

• Transverse Wave
• Mechanical Wave
• Longitudinal Wave

A material in which a wave travels is called a ____________.

• Direction
• Machine
• Medium

____________ wave is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.

• Mechanical
• Traverse
• Longitudinal

______________ wave makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction that the wave travels.

• Mechanical
• Traverse
• Longitudinal