What Are Waves

A wave is a disturbance involving the transfer of energy from place to place.

• True

• False

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What does a wave transfer?

• matter

• energy

• power

• water

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Which type of wave has rarefactions and compressions?

• transverse

• longitudinal

• electromagnetic

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What is the name for the lowest point on a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

What is the highest point on a transverse wave?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

A type of wave that travels only through matter.

• mechanical wave

• electromagnetic wave

• x-ray

• light wave

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Waves in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the waves travel.

• transverse waves

• longitudinal waves

• electromagnetic waves

• microwaves

The material in which a mechanical wave travels is called a _______.

• medium

• wave

• crest

• trough

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A longitudinal wave makes particles move ____ to the direction that the wave is traveling.

• parallel

• perpendicular

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The regions of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are closest together are ____.

• crests

• troughs

• compressions

• rarefactions