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Waves

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

a)

wave

b)

compression

c)

medium

d)

trough

e)

crest

2.

A material in which a wave travels

a)

wave

b)

compression

c)

medium

d)

trough

e)

crest

3.

The lowest points on a transverse wave

a)

wave

b)

compression

c)

medium

d)

trough

e)

crest

4.

The highest points on a transverse wave

a)

wave

b)

compression

c)

medium

d)

trough

e)

crest

5.

The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together

a)

wave

b)

compression

c)

medium

d)

trough

e)

crest

6.

A wave that can travel only through matter

a)

Mechanical wave

b)

Electromagnetic wave

c)

Kinetic wave

d)

Medium

7.

A wave that can travel through empty space and through matter

a)

Mechanical wave

b)

Electromagnetic wave

c)

Kinetic wave

d)

Medium

8.

A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Crest

d)

Rarefaction

9.

A wave that makes the particles in a medium

move parallel to the direction that the wave travels.

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Crest

d)

Rarefaction

10.

The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together

a)

rarefaction

b)

compression

c)

medium

d)

trough

e)

crest