Chapter 16 Waves

The squeezing of a group of particles in a wave is called

• compression

• refraction

• rarefaction

• wavelength

A transverse or compressional wave that can travel only through matter

• transverse wave

• medium

• mechanical wave

• compressional wave

The matter through which a wave transfers energy

• element

• medium

• reflection

• diffraction

A wave that bends around a barrier

• diffraction

• reflection

• rarefaction

• frequency

A mechanical wave in which matter moves at right angles to the wave direction

• electromagnetic wave

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

A wave in which matter moves back and forth in the direction the wave is moving

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• electromagnetic wave

• echo

A wave that doesn't require matter to transfer energy

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• electromagnetic wave

• reflection

A region of spread-out particles in a wave

• rarefraction

• compression

• amplitude

• Wavelength

The distance from the crest or trough of a wave to the rest position

• wavelength

• frequency

• amplitude

• compression

The action of a wave bouncing off an object

• echo

• reflection

• refraction

• diffraction