
Wave Properties Quiz

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Physics
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12th Grade
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Hard
Sharon Paltin
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66 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A low point of a wave is called what?
Crest
Trough
Node
Antinode
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a crest in the context of a wave?
The highest point
The lowest point
The midpoint
The endpoint
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When particles of the medium move back and forth along the direction of the wave motion, the wave is a ______.
Transverse wave
Longitudinal wave
Surface wave
Standing wave
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the particles of a medium are far apart, that part of the wave is called a ______.
Compression
Rarefaction
Trough
Crest
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Compression is the part of the medium where particles are ______.
Close together
Far apart
Not moving
At rest
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A wave in which the particles of the medium move at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels is called a ______.
Longitudinal wave
Transverse wave
Surface wave
Standing wave
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of wave is shown in Diagram A?
Transverse wave
Longitudinal wave
Surface wave
Standing wave
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