Types of Waves

A wave is a disturbance that carries

• water from one place to another.

• sound from one place to another.

• matter from one place to another.

• energy from one place to another.

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Which of the following does NOT create a mechanical wave?

• a shaking rope

• a guitar being played

• dropping a rock in a pond

• light coming through a window

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Which of the following is true of mechanical waves?

• Mechanical waves are not sound waves.

• Mechanical waves have repeating patterns.

• Mechanical waves only move in one direction.

• Mechanical waves disturb energy rather than matter.

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Which of these is the medium for a shaking jump rope?

• the rope

• the motion the rope makes

• the hand shaking the rope

• the air surrounding the rope

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A wave pulse is

• the length of a single wave.

• the shape of a single wave.

• the distance a single wave travels.

• a single disturbance that does not repeat.

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A wave cycle is

• the amount of time it takes for a wave pattern to repeat.

• the total number of waves created by a single disturbance.

• one complete motion of the repeating pattern in a wave.

• the total number of S-shapes created by a wave in 60 seconds.

Which of these has an observable repeating wave pattern?

• a shaking tree

• a balloon popping

• a flag fluttering in the wind

• water pouring out of a faucet

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A transverse wave is a wave in which the particles move in a pattern _______ to the direction the wave travels.

• identical

• opposite

• parallel

• perpendicular

A transverse wave looks like a series of S-shapes because

• of the flexibility of the medium.

• of the way light reflects off the matter.

• of the periodic motion of the matter.

• the person controlling the matter makes it look that way.

A wave’s ______ is the highest point in the S-shape.

• crest

• length

• pulse

• trough

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