Wave Energy

You can hear sounds around the corner of a door due to the wave property called diffraction.

• True

• False

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In general, the more energy a wave has the greater the amplitude.

• True

• False

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The amplitude of a wave is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.

• True

• False

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In the figure shown, point A is called a ____.

• amplitude

• crest

• rarefaction

• trough

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In the figure shown, point B is called a ____.

• amplitude

• crest

• rarefaction

• trough

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In the figure shown, number 2 is called the ____.

• amplitude

• crest

• rarefaction

• trough

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You see yourself in a mirror because light ____ of the surface of the mirror.

• absorbs

• reflects

• transmits

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For a wave, the larger the amplitude, the _____ energy the wave carries.

• more

• less

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Which type of wave can travel through empty space?

• sound waves

• electromagnetic wave

• water waves

What is the term for the matter through which a mechanical wave travels?

• conductor

• medium

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