Wave Basics

Waves transport:

• energy

• matter

• both energy and matter

• neither energy or matter

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Which kind of wave is light?

• Longitudinal

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Surface

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A wave in which the particles vibrate up and down or perpendicular to the direction of travel for the wave energy is called:

• Longitudinal

• Mechanical

• Transverse

• All of these

Which wave has a lower frequency, A or B?

• Wave A

• Wave B

• They both have the same frequency

• They both have low frequencies

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When the wavelength gets longer, the frequency:

• Increases

• Decreases

• Gets wider

• is not changed

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When you wear a black shirt in the summer, you feel hotter. What is happening to the waves that causes you to feel hotter?

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission

• Nothing

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Which statement below explains why we see the color red on an object?

• All color wavelengths are reflected off the object except for red, which is absorbed by the object.

• All color wavelengths are absorbed by the object except for red, which is refracted off the object.

• All color wavelengths are absorbed by the object except for red, which is reflected off the object.

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________ occurs when waves travel from one medium to another and change speed.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Transmission

• Diffraction

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Compared to the speed of light, sound travels ___________.

• Faster

• Slower

• At about the same speed

The material that a wave travels through is called the _____________.

• Amplitude

• Rarefaction

• Medium

• Compression

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