physics wave test

What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?

• Longitudinal waves

• 
  Transverse waves

• 
  Sound waves

• 
  P-waves

What do waves carry from place to place?

• 
  Energy, but not matter or particles

• Energy and matter or particles

• Matter or particles but not energy

• Neither energy nor matter or particles

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:

• frequency

• 
  period

• 
  longitudinal 

• 
  transverse wave 

A mechanical wave cannot travel through...

• a vacuum(empty space).

• 
  water.

• air. 

• glass.

Waves that require a medium are called 

• mechanical waves

• 
  transverse waves

• 
  light waves

• 
  light waves

What is the frequency of a wave where 64 troughs pass by you in 2 seconds?

• 
  32 degrees

• 
  32Hz

• 320 cm

• 
  320Hz

What travels faster ?

• Sound waves

• 
  Light waves

• 
  Water waves

• Seismic waves

• 
  Mechanical Waves

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread apart?

• 
  compression

• 
  rarefaction or expansion

• 
  amplitude

• wavelength

• 
  speed

In this wave motion particle vibrate parallel to the direction of propagation

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

• 
  Electromagnetic

• Radio