Wave Vocabulary Quiz

What is the total distance a wave moves from its resting position?

• Interference

• Period

• Amplitude

• Frequency

Where does the wave push the matter closer together?

• Rarefraction

• Compression

• Crest

• Trough

What is the highest point of a wave called?

• Crest

• Diffraction

• Refraction

• Trough

What is the bending of a wave through an opening or around the edge of an object called?

• Oscillation

• Refraction

• Interference

• Diffraction

What is the number of times a wave passes a certain point in a given amount of time?

• Compression

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Period

What happens when two or more waves arrive at the same point and occupy the same space?

• Interference

• Longitudinal wave

• Transverse wave

• Mechanical wave

In which type of wave are the oscillations in the same direction as the wave?

• Longitudinal wave

• Refraction

• Transverse wave

• Mechanical wave

What type of wave is energy that travels through matter?

• Oscillation

• Diffraction

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

What is the vibration or movement of waves called?

• Compression

• Frequency

• Oscillation

• Amplitude

What is the time needed for one complete cycle of vibration to pass a given point?

• Period

• Crest

• Trough

• Interference