Waves Unit Test Review

What do we call a wave where the particles move back and forth perpendicular to the direction the wave travels?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Sound
• Primary Seismic

What type of wave moves by pushing together and spreading apart in a parallel direction to the way the wave travels?

• longitudinal
• transverse
• ocean 
• radio 

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Sound is an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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The type of waves that require medium to pass:

• Mechanical Waves
• Electromagnetic Waves

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When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?

• The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
• The wavelength increases.
• The wavelength decreases.
• More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.

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A mechanical wave cannot travel through...

• a vacuum(empty space).
• water.
• air. 
• glass.

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Which wave travels perpendicular in relation to a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?

• Compressions and rarefactions
• Crests and troughs
• Compressions and crests
• Rarefactions and troughs