Wave Vocab. Quiz

disturbance that transfers ENERGY from one place to another without transferring matter

• cycle

• compression

• wave

• tube

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the material in which a wave travels

• medium

• crest

• amplitude

• wavelength

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a wave that can travel only through matter

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• neither of these

a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels

• longitudinal wave

• transverse wave

• EMG wave

highest point on a transverse wave

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• resting point

lowest point on a transverse wave

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• resting point

a wave in which the particles in the medium move parallel to the direction the wave travels

• transverse wave

• EMG wave

• longitudinal wave

• none of these

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the regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together

• wavelength

• compressions

• rarefactions

• none of these

the regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are farthest together

• compressions

• amplitude

• none of these

Higher ------ and higher ---- equals more energy in a wave

• amplitude and mass

• crests and troughs

• amplitude and frequency

• wavelength and mass

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