WorksheetsProperties of waves
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What are waves?
Soda
a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
block
Brick
What are two types of waves?
transverse and longitudinal
Matter
Surface
Mechanical
What do waves travel through?
Your body
Brick
Mechanical waves
A medium
What are mediums made of?
Your body
Matter
Gases,liquids and solids
smell
________ require what a a medium to travel through.
Electricity
mechanical waves
transverse waves
longitudinal
what is an example of a wave that doesn't need a medium to travel through?
Light from the moon
From earth
Galaxy
the light from the sun
what cause waves to start?
Someone whispering
when a source of energy causes a medium to vibrate
Sound
All the above
the _________ is the high part of a transverse wave and the _________ is the low part of a transverse wave.
The deep part
Inner
crest, trough
Outer
how does a longitudinal wave move?
Electrical motion
Your body
Sound
it moves the medium the way the wave travels
T or F? rarefractions are the close parts of a longitudinal wave
False
True
compressions are the _______ parts of a ________ wave.
Apart , big
close, longitudinal
Together , far
Separate , mechanical
which type of wave does a slinky show?
longitudinal
Mechanical
Matter
trasfer
what is the amplitude of a wave?
Matter
The medium
The distance
the maximum distance that the particles of the medium carrying the wave move away from their rest positions
________ is the distance between two corresponding waves.
Mechanical
wavelength
Transfer
Medium
what is wave frequency?
All time
Medium
the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time
longitudinal
