Wave Properties

What is wavelength a measure of?

• height of a wave
• speed of a wave
• temperature of a wave
• distance between two points on a wave

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What is the amplitude of a wave related to?

• velocity
• speed
• mass
• height

The highest point of a wave is called the

• rest position
• crest
• trough
• peak

The lowest part of the wave is?

• trough
• crest
• point of origin
• compression point

What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time?

• frequency
• wavelength
• midpoint
• crest and trough

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Which wave has a greater frequency?

• A
• B

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Frequency
• Wavelength

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Which of the options is the scientific explanation for a WAVE?

• Any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• Something you can surf on.

• A transfer of thermal energy from one medium to another.

• When molecules disperse as a result of Charles' Law

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What is a medium?

• Someone that talks to ghosts.

• A material/matter in which a wave travels through.

• The length of a transverse wave.

• An absence of all matter

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