Wave and Sound Quiz

What is a periodic wiggle in time?

• Vibration

• Sound

• Wave

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What is a periodic wiggle in space and time:

• Wave

• Vibration

• Sound

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What type of wave is sound?

• Mechanical

• Chemical

• Electromagnetic

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Sound cannot travel in _______________.

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The period of a pendulum does not depend on what?

• Mass of the pendulum

• Size of the arc through with it swings

• Both mass and size of arc

As for a water wave, the high points of a sine wave are called__________.

• Troughs

• Crests

• Amplitude

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The low points of a wave are called ________________.

• Troughs

• Crests

• Amplitude

What type of wave is a sound wave?

• longitudinal

• Transverse

• Both longitudinal and transverse

In between compressions of a slinky are ______________.

• Transverse waves

• Rarefactions

• Longitudinal waves

Waves that have been generated by earthquakes and that travel in the ground are

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Both types