Waves Review

Sound travels fastest through:

• air

• water

• wood

• saltwater

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Distance from an 'x' to an 'x' is a________

• wavelength

• amplitude

• rarefaction

• compression

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If a sound has a high amplitude then it also has a ____________!!!

• fast echo

• slow pitch

• high volume

• low volume

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A wave where the particle moves perpendicular to the medium is a ___________________________________ wave

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Amplitude

• Compression

A wave where the particle moves parallel to the medium is a ___________________________________ wave

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Amplitude

• Rarefraction

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The distance between two like parts on a wave is ________________

• Trough

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

The squeezed together parts of a longitudinal wave are called?

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

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Which wave has the greatest energy?

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__is the bending and spreading of waves around an obstacle

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Diffraction

• Scattering

__occurs when light bounces off an object in a variety of directions

• Scattering

• Diffraction

• Absorption

• Refraction

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