Wave Review Quiz

What is the term for a disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space?

• Wave

• Medium

• Vacuum

• Echo

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Which type of wave has oscillations that are parallel to the direction of the wave's advance?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Electromagnetic wave

• Mechanical wave

What is the term for the bending of waves around obstacles or through openings?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffraction

• Absorption

What is the term for the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs in a wave?

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Period

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What is the term for the lowest point of a wave?

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Frequency

What is the term for the process by which a wave is absorbed and converted into another form of energy?

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Transmission

• Diffraction

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What is the term for the time it takes for one complete wave cycle to pass a given point?

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Period

• Amplitude

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What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency? (As wavelength gets bigger, what happens to frequency?)

• Frequency increases

• Frequency decreases

• Frequency stays the same

• Frequency doubles

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Do waves transmit energy, matter, both, or neither?

• Energy

• Matter

• Both

• Neither

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What determines how fast a wave travels through a medium?

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Density

• Amplitude

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