Wave Types

What type of waves are these?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

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The compressed part of a longitudinal wave is called a ______________________.

• Rarefaction

• Compression

• Transverse

The spread out part of a longitudinal wave is called a ________________.

• Rarefaction

• Compression

• Space

• Transverse

A wave that requires a medium to travel.

• Mechanical

• Electromagnetic

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A wave that does not require a medium to travel, for example, it can travel through a vacuum.

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

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a wave that is an oscillation of matter, and therefore transfers energy through a medium

• Mechanical Wave

• Light Wave

• Hertz

• Frequency

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the only known wave that can travel through empty space (a vacuum)

• Light Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Sound Waves

• Tsunami Waves

How would you describe the movement of matter in a longitudinal wave?

• perpendicular to direction of energy

• parallel to the direction of energy

• In zigzags

• Linear

What do we call a material through which waves can travel? It can be a solid, liquid, or gas.

• Medium

• Vacuum

• Vibrations

• Amplitude

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Sound can only travel through solids, liquids and gases. It can't travel through empty space. Which type of wave is sound?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

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