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WorksheetsRe-Quiz: 6.8C Transverse and Longitudinal Waves
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 52mins
Transfer of energy into a medium
The material through which a wave travels
Waves of energy made by vibrations; require a
medium (air, water, or solids) to travel
sound waves
Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths longer than
ultraviolet waves but shorter than infrared waves and
within the range that can be detected by the eye
Energy waves moving through matter.
Oscillations of electromagnetic fields that carry
energy through a medium or through a vacuum
Energy waves bouncing off the surface of an
object
Energy waves bending (changing direction and
speed) as they pass from one type of object to
another
When you yell in a canyon, you hear an echo of your voice. Why is this?
The sound waves are absorbed by the walls of the mountains.
The sound waves are reflected by the walls of the mountians.
The sound waves are transmitted through the walls of the mountains.
Electromagnetic Waves are
transverse waves
longitudinal waves
Electromagnetic waves
need a medium to travel through
can travel through a vacuum
Sound is a
mechanical, transverse wave
electromagnetic, transverse wave
electromagnetic, longitudinal wave
mechanical, longitudinal wave
Light waves are
longitudinal waves.
transverse waves.
Sound waves are produced by
radio stations.
vibrating objects.
soft objects.
objects under pressure.
Sound waves cannot travel in
steel
concrete
water
a vacuum
Longitudinal and transverse waves transfer _____
energy ONLY
matter ONLY
BOTH matter and energy
NEITHER matter or energy
