Wave Properties Quiz - 5th

What is the term for a disturbance that carries energy from one location to another?

• wave
• crest

• trough

• amplitude

Another type of wave that moves through matter is called a ____________, which is different from an ocean wave.

• electromagnetic wave

• transverse wave

These waves, including visible light and radio waves, are a form of energy that travels through space. What are they called?

• electromagnetic waves
• mechanical waves

Oliver, Noah, and Angela are preparing for their chemistry test. They discovered that unlike sound waves, light waves are special because they can propagate without a

• medium
• wavelength

Consider a scenario where John is shaking a rope up and down. The waves that are produced in the rope are transverse waves. These waves are ___________(at right angles) to the direction of John's motion.

• perpendicular
• parallel

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

The distance from the lowest point of a wave to its resting position

• amplitude
• wavelength

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CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

A waves that moves up and down - like when you move a jump rope up and down.

• transverse wave
• inverse wave

• longitudinal wave

In a physics lesson, Emma, Noah, and Olivia are studying waves. They want to find out the distance a wave covers before it begins to repeat itself. What is this known as?

• wavelength
• frequency

• crest

• trough

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CCSS.HSF.TF.B.5

Maya and Oliver are examining the properties of longitudinal waves. They want to find the distance between two compressions in a sound wave. They should measure the distance between:

• compression to compression

• compression to rarefaction

• compression to amplitude

• rest position to compression

While studying the physics of sound, Bethany observed that the distance between two consecutive compressions or rarefactions in a sound wave is known as its

• wavelength
• frequency

• amplitude

• crest