Introduction to Waves

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a ______.

• medium

• wave

• vibration

• compression

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Which statement is true regarding waves when they travel through a medium?

• the medium's particles are carried along with the wave.

• the wave's energy passes from particle to particle

• the medium transfers electromagnetic energy

• the wave increase the potential energy of its medium

Which waves travel PARALLEL to the wave's direction? 

• transverse waves
• longitudinal waves

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

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What kind of wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• surface
• none of the above

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The type of waves that require a medium to transfer energy

• Mechanical Waves

• Electromagnetic Waves

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Disturbances that carry energy through matter or space are called

• crests

• energy

• waves

• troughs

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Seismic waves are mechanical waves.

What is TRUE of a mechanical wave?

• It must travel in empty space

• It can travel in a vacuum

• It must have a medium

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What is transferred in waves?

• Energy

• Objects

• Matter

• Light

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A wave in which the movement of the wave’s medium is perpendicular (at a right angle) to the movement of the wave traveling through the medium

• Transverse waves

• Compression waves

• Nodular Waves

• Ocean Waves

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