Light Quiz 1

The first thing that God created was

• Sound

• Mankind

• Light

• The Sun

Light is a(n) __________ wave

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• mechanical

• transposed

Light waves can travel through both matter and

• air

• black holes

• liquid

• empty space

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Light waves travel ________than sound waves do.

• faster

• slower

• the same speed as

Waves that move perpendicular to the way that matter is moving are

called _________ waves.

• longitudinal waves

• transverse

• perpendinclined

• electromagnetic

All waves have the same basic _________

• properties

• wavelength

• frequency

• pitch

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The distance between two crests or two troughs of a transverse wave is its

• frequency

• wavelength

• refraction

• speed

The height of a wave is the

• trough

• frequency

• transverse

• amplitude

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The number of waves that pass a certain point in one second is called the

• frequency

• amplitude

• crest

• pitch

The distance that one wave travels in one second is the

• frequency

• amplitude

• crest

• speed