Wave Structure

Name

1. What do waves carry?

• water
• surfers
• useful information and energy
• very important weather

2. A disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another is called a ...

• Disturbance
• Water
• Wave
• Electron Microscope

3. When a slinky is stretched from end to end and held at REST is called..

• Equilibrium
• long
• movement position
• fun

4. Slinky wave that travels like a pulse through a medium. Goes back and forth.

• Longitudinal
• Transverse
• round
• slow

5. A wave that travels in the direction perpendicular to the disturbance. Up and down is called..

• Longitudinal
• Transverse
• round
• slow

6. In the Anatomy of a Wave, What are the TOP points called?

• Crest
• Troughs (Trawf)
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

7. In the Anatomy of a Wave, What are the Bottom points called?

• Crest
• Troughs (Trawf)
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

8. In the Anatomy of a Wave, What are the distance between the dashed lines and the top points are called?

• Crest
• Troughs (Trawf)
• Amplitude
• Wavelength

9. In the Anatomy of a Wave, What is the distance between two consecutive similar points called?

• Crest
• Troughs (Trawf)
• Amplitude
• Wavelength