Waves Practice Quizizz

What is transferred by a wave?

• Energy

• Matter

• Both energy and matter

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What type of wave MUST have a MEDIUM to travel through?

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

• All waves must travel through a medium

Select the types of materials that can be a medium for a wave:

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• All 3 states of matter can be a medium

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What type of wave can travel through a vacuum (where there is no matter) like outer space?

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

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Visible light is an example of what type of wave?

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

Label the following points

b

a

c

d

Crest

Amplitude

Wavelength

Trough

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Match the type of wave with its corresponding picture.

a

b

Transverse Wave

Longitudinal Wave

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Sound is an example of what type of wave?

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

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When you increase the amplitude of a wave, the energy of that wave (a)  

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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Which wave has the HIGHEST frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4