Types of Waves and Their Parts

• Trough

• Equilibrium

• Crest

• Wavelength

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• Amplitude

• Crest

• Frequency

• Trough

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A wave that can travel through matter and empty space is a:

• electromagnetic wave

• longitudinal wavy

• transverse wave

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As a longitudinal wave moves forward, the particles move:

• perpendicular to the wave's motion

• parallel to the wave's motion

• stand in one place

• move completely down the spring

Identify the part of the wave that extends from one blue line to the next blue line.

• Wavelength of the Wave

• Frequency of the Wave

• Amplitude of the Wave

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Identify the type of wave shown in the picture.

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Surface Wave

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True or False. Longitudinal waves and transverse waves are both types of mechanical waves. But, electromagnetic (light) waves are not mechanical waves at all though they are transverse waves.

• True

• False

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The distance between one point in a wave and the closest point just like it.

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Compressional Wave

• Medium

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Which wave has the greatest amplitude?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Which wave has the largest wavelength?

• A
• B
• C
• None (same wavelength)

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