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WorksheetsProperties of Waves
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 30mins
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space
wave
position
time
protein
How are Electromagnetic waves different from Mechanical waves?
EM waves have very short wavelengths
EM waves transmit energy instead of matter
EM waves can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)
EM waves can change direction by reflection
What is transferred by a wave?
energy
matter
particles
mass
Which image represents a longitudinal wave?
A
B
Shaking a rope up and down produces which type of wave?
transverse
amplitude
longitudinal
period
Sound waves are which type of waves?
transverse
seismic
longitudinal
frequency
What is a surface wave?
What is the difference between a mechanical wave and an electromagnetic wave?
Which image represents a longitudinal wave?
A
B
Frequency is:
the height of a wave
the distance between two crests of a wave
the number of waves that pass a point in 1 second
