Chapter 11 Test Review

Are disturbances produced by different energy sources.

• Disturbance

• Receiver

• Medium

• Wave

• Source

It is the object that creates the energy to produce a wave.

• Disturbance

• Receiver

• Medium

• Wave

• Source

It is the object that receives the energy in the form of a wave.

• Disturbance

• Receiver

• Medium

• Wave

• Source

Are variations or changes that transfer energy.

• Disturbance

• Receiver

• Medium

• Wave

• Source

It is any substance or object that carries a wave.

• Disturbance

• Receiver

• Medium

• Wave

• Source

Are waves that need a medium to propagate.

• Electromagnetic waves

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic and Mechanical Waves

Are waves that can travel without needing a material medium to propagate.

• Electromagnetic waves

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic and Mechanical Waves

Are waves that move up and down, perpendicular to the direction of the wave propagation.

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Longitudinal and Transverse

are waves that move forward and backward, in the same direction as the displacement of the medium.

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• Longitudinal and Transverse

Waves that transmit energy.

• Electromagnetic waves

• Mechanical waves.

• Electromagnetic and Mechanical waves