Sound and Light Waves

The distance between the line of origin to the top of the wave is called

• amplitude
• wavelength
• frequency
• speed

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

If the wavelength increased, what would happen to the sound made by this wave?

• it would get softer
• it would get louder
• it would have a lower pitch
• It would have a higher pitch

Concave or Convex?

• Concave
• Convex

The bending of a wave as it travels from one medium to another and as a result changes speed is called

• reflection
• refraction
• diffraction
• interference

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Sound will usually travel the fastest in a ____________.

• vacuum
• solid
• liquid
• gas

What word describes the number of waves that pass a certain point in a given amount of time?

• rarefactions
• amplitude
• resonance
• frequency

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The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it can NOT pass is called —

• rarefaction
• reflection
• diffraction
• refraction

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lowest part of a wave

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

top part of a wave

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

When a wave moves parallel to the direction that the wave travels, it is a

• longitudinal
• transverse