Wave & Light Vocabulary Quiz

A disturbance that travels in a pattern and carries energy or information is

• frequency

• trough

• wave

• amplitude

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the number of times a wave repeats itself in a certain amount of time is

• amplitude

• wavelength

• wave

• frequency

A wavelength is

• a disturbance that travels in a pattern and carries energy

• the bottom point of a transverse wave

• the distance between similar points on a wave

• the top point of a transverse wave

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The top point of a wave is called

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• wave

The greatest height of a wave measured from resting point to the crest or trough

• wavelength

• wave

• trough

• amplitude

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The trough of a wave is

• the top point of a wave

• the bottom point of a wave

• the distance between similar points on a wave

• a disturbance that travels in a pattern and carries energy

When light waves bounce off an object, do they reflect or refract?

• reflect

• refract

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When light waves bend when passing through an object, do they reflect or refract?

• reflect

• refract

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