Waves

You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no

• medium

• light

• energy

• heat

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What is the distance between two consecutive points on a wave called?

• frequency

• amplitude

• period

• wavelength

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Transverse waves have crests and troughs. Longitudinal waves have _____ and _____.

• reflections and echoes

• compressions and rarefactions

• dopplers and diffractions

• anvils and stirrups

Match the following

• A

• amplitude

• B

• wavelength

• D

• crest

• C

• wavelength

• E

• Trough

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What do all waves transmit?

• matter

• energy

• water

• sound

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What do playing a guitar, banging a drum, and dropping a pebble in the water have in common?

• they all produce light

• they all cause a vibration

• they all convert heat to energy

• they need gravity to move

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Sound waves, water waves, and light waves are all alike in that they all _______

• move energy from one place to another

• move at the same speed

• move without vibration

• move fastest in water

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Regions in a sound wave where particles are farthest apart are called

• compressions

• rarefactions

• condensations

• depressions

In which medium would sound move the fastest?

• vacuum

• air

• steel

• water

Earthquakes create _______ waves.

• transverse

• dangerous

• seismic

• electromagnetic