Wave Properties

What is the top of a wave?

• trough
• crest

What is the bottom of a wave?

• trough
• crest

What is the height of a wave?

• amplitude
• wavelength

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When you yell under water, what is the medium that sound travels through?

• air
• water

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A wave is a disturbance that transfers:

• matter
• energy

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What type of wave is sound?

• transverse

• longitudinal

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What is the red line showing?

• crest

• trough

• wavelength

• amplitude

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Sound waves travel at the same speed through solids, liquids, and gases.

• True

• False, they travel faster through solids

• False, they travel faster through liquids

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What is a wave?

• a disturbance that transmits energy from place to another

• something that moves matter

• the intensity at which energy moves

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What is transferred from place to place by waves?

• matter

• energy

• particles

• waves

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