Light, Sound, & Waves Practice Quizizz

1. What do seismic (earthquakes) waves and sound waves have in common?

• They are phonetic waves
• They are mechanical waves
• They are electromagnetic waves
• They are permanent waves

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2. What medium do seismic waves (earthquakes) travel through?

• Outer space
• Water
• The air
• The ground

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3. What do waves carry from place to place?

• Matter
• Energy and matter
• Energy
• None of the above

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Frequency is measured in units called (a)   .

• Pascals
• Meters
• Hertz
• Newtons

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Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without (a)  

• frequency
• a phone line
• a medium
• a wavelength

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6. Sound is a disturbance that travels through a medium as (a)  

• a mechanical wave
• an electromagnetic wave
• both mechanical and electromagnetic
• None of the above

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7. Light is a disturbance that travels through a medium as

• both mechanical and electromagnetic waves
• a mechanical wave
• an electromagnetic wave
• none of the above

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8. Which wave has the highest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

The reason you see lightning from a storm sooner than you hear thunder is because (a)   .

• sound waves travel faster than light
• light waves travel faster than heat
• light waves travel faster than sound
• light waves travel faster than ocean waves

10. Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough