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When graphing a wave, what does the vertical axis usually represent?

• Amplitude

• Crest

• Rest position

• trough

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What wave measurement represents the number of times per second that the wave cycles?

• Wavelength

• Period

• Amplitude

• Frequency

What wave measurement would you find by measuring the time between the crests of back-to-back wave cycles?

• Wavelength

• Period

• Amplitude

• Frequency

What wave measurement represents the strength or intensity of the wave?

• Wavelength

• Period

• Amplitude

• Frequency

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The part of a longitudinal wave that is farthest apart.

• Crest

• Trough

• Compression

• Rarefaction

Medium, or media, means what when talking about waves?

• Energy the wave carries.

• Matter the wave travels through.

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Frequency measures what?

• The amount of enery in the wave.

• The amplitude of the wave.

• The number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time.

• The speed of each wave.

What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?

• compression

• rarefaction

• crest

• trough

Longitudinal waves are ______.

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Crazy

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What is the amplitude of the wave?

• 6 cm

• 12 cm

• 20 cm

• 50 cm

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