Behavior of Mechanical Waves

What do we call the top of the wave?

• crest

• trough

• amplitude

• frequency

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What type of interference do noise cancelling headphones use?

• Constructive Interference

• Destructive Interference

In mechanical longitudinal waves:

• Particles travel in the direction of the wave, away from the source of the wave.

• Particles in the medium travel from their position in the direction that is parallel to the motion of the wave.

• Particles in the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave and go back to the resting position as the wave passes.

• Particles in the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave and go back to the resting position as the wave passes.

Sound waves are example of:

• Mechanical longitudinal waves

• Mechanical transverse waves

• Electromagnetic transverse waves

• Electromagnetic longitudinal waves

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Longitudinal waves can be:

• Mechanical and electromagnetic waves

• Mechanical waves only

• Electromagnetic waves only

In mechanical transverse waves:

• Particles travel in the direction of the wave, away from the source of the wave.

• Particles in the medium travel from their position in the direction that is perpendicular to the motion of the wave.

• Particles in the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave and go back to the resting position as the wave passes.

• Particles in the medium move parallel to the direction of the wave and go back to the resting position as the wave passes.

  
  

Water waves are example of:

• Mechanical longitudinal waves

• Mechanical transverse waves

• Electromagnetic transverse waves

• Electromagnetic longitudinal waves

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Mechanical waves are waves that can transfer through:

• Vacuum and medium

• Only through media

• Only through vacuum

What property of a sound wave is a sound's volume related to?

• Period

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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Which property of a sound wave is related to the pitch of the sound?

• Period

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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