Properties of Waves

What is wavelength?

• total amount of time it takes a wave to move through one cycle

• distance between a point on a wave and the EXACT same point on the next wave

• number of crests and troughs a wave produces in one minute

• length of a series of waves traveling from a source

Which best describes a wave?

• disturbance that carries energy

• kind of motion that pushes objects

• form of energy that makes heat

• type of matter

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What is amplitude?

• distance a wave travels in a given amount of time

• number of disturbances produced by a wave

• total distance a wave moves from its resting position

• distance between the crest and trough on a wave

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What is the relationship between frequency and amount of energy in a wave?

• Waves with lower frequencies have more energy.

• Changes in frequency never change the energy of the wave.

• Waves with higher frequencies have more energy.

• Changes in frequency only change the energy of the wave if it is a longitudinal wave.

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What units are used to measure frequency?

• cycle

• meters

• hertz

• period

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Which statement best describes how waves travel?

• Waves travel outward from a source.

• Waves travel in a random pattern.

• Waves travel inward toward a source.

• Waves travel in a zig-zag pattern.

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How can the height of a wave be correctly measured?

• crest to trough

• amplitude to period

• period to period

• crest to crest

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How can one complete wavelength be correctly measured?

• amplitude to period

• crest to crest

• crest to trough

• period to period

Andy drew a diagram of a transverse wave. Which part of the wave is labeled X?

• rarefaction

• crest

• trough

• compression

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A beach ball is floating on the ocean surface far from the shore. Ocean waves cause the beach ball to move. Which of the following best describes this motion of the beach ball?

• forward

• back and forth

• up and down

• sideways

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