Intro to Waves

The particles of a transverse wave move

• side to side
• up and down
• they don't move
• in the direction of the wave

The particles of a longitudinal wave move

• in the direction of the wave
• up and down
• backwards
• they don't move

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Electromagnetic waves need a medium to move through.

• false
• true

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Mechanical waves need a medium to travel through.

• True
• False

Ocean waves and light waves are examples of 

• transverse waves
• longitudinal waves

Sound waves & waves made by an earthquake are

• transverse waves
• longitudinal (compressional) waves

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The picture shows a __ wave.

• Transverse
• Longitudinal (compressional)

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The image shows a __ wave.

• Transverse
• Compressional / Longitudinal

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Points B & F represent

• troughs
• crests
• nodes
• frequency

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The area represented by #1 is a

• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude
• frequency

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