Waves Properties Review

What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Waving goodbye

• Stadium wave

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Material through which some waves travel, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

• Trough

• Peak

• Wavelength

• Medium

The high points of a transverse wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

The low points of a transverse wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

Sound travels in which kind of wave?

• Longitudinal waves

• Transverse waves

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Light waves and water waves travel in what type of waves?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude
• crest
• trough
• wavelength

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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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A wave carries...?

• energy only
• matter only
• energy and matter
• neither

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_____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

• Amplitude
• Wavelength
• Frequency
• Crest

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