Waves Unit Review

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• mechanical wave

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What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter or particles
• Energy and matter or particles
• Matter or particles but not energy
• Neither energy nor matter or particles

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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What is the bottom of a wave?

• trough
• crest

What is the top of a wave?

• trough
• crest

What do we call the substance a wave travels through?

• Medium
• Object
• Wave material
• Liquid

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The complete range of electromagnetic waves placed in order of increasing frequency is called the ______________.

• radar spectrum

• mechanical spectrum

• electromagnetic spectrum

• gamma spectrum

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Electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies are ________ waves.

• radio

• gamma

• micro

• X-ray

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Material (matter) through which a wave travels

• medium
• Doppler Effect
• sound
• pitch

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