Mechanical Waves Review

The number of waves passing a point in a unit of time is called

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Period

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Which term best represents what happens when two wave pulses meet as they approach each other on a string?

• constructive interference
• destructive interference
• absorbed interference
• static interference

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A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion. 

• Transverse Wave
• Longitudinal Wave 
• Rainbow Wave
• Ocean Wave

What does this diagram represent?

• Diffraction
• Reflection
• Interference
• Refraction

A substance or material that carries a wave.

• Medium
• Amplitude
• Crest
• Mechanical Wave

What is the top of a wave called?

• Crest
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

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What is the bottom of a wave called?

• Crest
• Trough
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

The distance between on crest/trough and the other crest/trough is called?

• Wavelength
• Amplitude
• Wave Speed
• Frequency

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A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular (up & down) to the direction in which the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• compression wave

• amplitude

The bending of a wave as it passes at an angle from one medium to another.

• rarefaction

• reflection

• oscillation

• refraction