Wave Patterns and Characteristics Quiz

.....................................................Waves move in the same direction as the particle.

• transverse

• lomgitudinal

What does this picture represent?

• wavelength

• echolocation

• amplitude

• peak

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Waves are a pattern of motion that transfer energy.

• True

• False

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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 letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?

• A
• B & D
• D
• C & G

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Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?

• A
• B & D
• B & F
• F

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The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

What is a wavelength?

• How many waves pass a certain point

• The distance from one wave crest to another

• The entire length of a wave

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Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?

• solid, liquid, gas
• open space
• waves
• nothing

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What is a back and forth movement of something?

• wave

• vacuum pump

• vibration

• volume

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