Waves

What is the unit used for Frequency?

• M/S

• M

• Hz

• Feet

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What is the unit used for Wavelength?

• M/S

• M

• Hz

• Feet

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What is an example of Compressional waves?

• Sound waves

• Earthquake

• X-rays

• Visible light

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Rarefactions are found in what kind of waves?

• Transverse Waves

• Ocean Waves

• Earthquakes

• Compressional waves

What part of a longitudinal/compressional wave is pressed together?

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Crest

What are compression or longitudinal waves? (remember the slinky experiment?)

• A wave that moves the medium to the direction the wave is travelling

• how the energy flows through the medium

• full sound waves

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What is a Wave?

• A repeating disturbance

• Something in an ocean

• Something you do with your hand

• Something you do at a sporting event

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If each square represents one cm, what is the amplitude of this wave?

• 1 cm

• 2 cm

• 4 cm

• 5 cm

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If each square represents one cm, what is the approximate wavelength of this wave? (To the nearest cm)

• 1 cm

• 2 cm

• 4 cm

• 8 cm

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The velocity of a wave is its __________ multiplied by its ___________

Or the formula

V = f x λ

• amplitude, wavelength

• amplitude, frequency

• frequency, wavelength

• frequency, speed

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