Science Term 3 Vocabulary

What type of waves require a medium (such as air, water, or solids) to travel through?

• Electromagnetic waves

• Mechanical waves

• Transverse waves

• Light waves

Which type of waves do not require a medium and can travel through a vacuum?

• Mechanical waves

• Longitudinal waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• Sound waves

In which type of waves do the particles of the medium move in a direction parallel to the direction of the wave?

• Transverse waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• Longitudinal waves

• Light waves

What is the highest point of a wave called?

• Trough

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

What is the lowest point of a wave called?

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Trough

• Wavelength

What term describes the height of the wave from the equilibrium (rest) position to the crest or trough?

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Compression

What is the distance between two corresponding points on consecutive waves, such as from crest to crest or trough to trough?

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Compression

What is the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time, usually measured in hertz (Hz)?

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Compression

What type of waves are created by vibrating objects and travel through a medium?

• Light waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• Sound waves

• Transverse waves

What type of waves are visible to the human eye and do not require a medium to travel?

• Sound waves

• Light waves

• Mechanical waves

• Longitudinal waves