Mrs. Dunlap - Waves

A form of energy that travels through a vacuum and includes visible light, radio waves, and x-raus

• seismic waves

• mechanical waves

• electromagnetic waves

• amplitude waves

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What does a wave transfer?

• Matter

• Energy

• water

• Friction

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Material through which a wave travels

• Frequency

• absorption

• medium

• amplitude

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___________ is the distance between one crest and the next

• longitudinal wave

• frequency

• amplitude

• wavelength

What is a wave that has both longitudinal and transverse properties?

• sound waves under water

• waves in the ocean

• light waves

• heat waves

When the transfer of energy in a motion that is perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling it is ___________

• transverse

• longitudinal

• reflective

• high frequency

What part is represented by the blue lines?

• Crest
• Resting Point
• Wavelength
• Amplitude

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You have two sounds: a grasshopper and a firetruck siren . Which would have a higher amplitude?

• Siren

• grasshopper

• both

• neither

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In a music studio, Mason is adjusting the equipment to modify the size of sound waves. This adjustment is known as changing the __________.

• amplitude

• speed

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Amplitude reflects the amount of ____________________ in a wave.

• Energy 
• compression
• rarefaction
• speed

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