Mechanical Waves Vocabulary

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

• amplitude

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

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What do waves carry from place to place?

• Energy, but not matter or particles

• Energy and matter or particles

• Matter or particles but not energy

• Neither energy nor matter or particles

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Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse

• Longitudinal

• Both

• Neither

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Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What type of wave is this?

• Longitudinal

• Transverse

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What happens when you increase the amplitude of a sound?

• it makes the sound louder

• it makes the sound travel faster

• it increases the wavelength of the sound

• it increases the frequency of the sound

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What type of wave move a slinky back and forth?

• longitudinal

• transverse

Which of the following can sound travel through?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• all of the above

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waves that only travel through a medium

• electromagnetic waves

• mechanical waves