Energy Transfer: Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

A repeated disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another is called a____?

• amplitude

• medium

• wave

• frequency

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A __________wave requires a medium to travel through.

The number of waves that pass a certain point in a certain amount of time

• frenquency

• wavelength

• amplitude

• crest

The distance between crest to crest or trough to trough or between two compression or two rarefactions

• frequency

• wavelength

• rarefaction

• mechanical wave

A wave that moves matter parallel to the energy.

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The resting position of the on a transverse wave

• time line

• trough

• crest

• equilibrium

The two types of mechanical waves are

• transverse

• amplitude

• longitudinal

• frequency

Which letters denote where a trough is located on the diagram?

• A & C

• B & F

• D & G

• D & H

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Part of a longitudinal wave that particles are closest together

• compressions

• rarefactions

• crest

• trough

Which two letter identifies with the equilibrium on the diagram?

• Letters E & F

• Letters A & C

• Letters E & G

• Letters D & H

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1