Waves Review

Which waves can carry matter?

• None, waves carry energy

• Mechanical Waves

• Transverse Waves

• Tidal Waves

All waves need a medium to travel

• True

• Not all, electromagnetic waves can travel in vacuum

• Not all, mechanical waves can travel in a vacuum

• False

Frequency is

• wave height

• the distance between two waves

• the number of repetition of a wave in one second

What is the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave?

• the direction in which the vibration occurs

• the frequency of the wave

• the size of the wave

Sound waves travel at the same speed through solids, liquids, and gases

• true

• false, they travel faster through a solid

• false, they travel faster through liquid

What is a wave?

• A disturbance that transmits energy from one place to another

• something that moves matter

• the intensity at which energy moves

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The crest of a wave is

• the highest point of a wave

• the disturbance between two waves

• the frequency of a wave

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Light waves can travel through a vacuum

• true

• False

• sometimes

What color is formed when all of the colors of light are combined?

• Black

• Red

• White

An opaque object

• allows light to pass through it

• allows some light to pass through it

• allows no light to pass through it

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