Wave Properties Quiz 1

What is the high point of a wave called?

• Transverse Waves

• Crest

• Trough

• Wavelength

What is the low point of a wave called?

• Crest

• Wavelength

• Trough

• Longitudinal Waves

What is the distance between two crests or two troughs called?

• Wavelength

• Crest

• Trough

• Transverse Waves

In which type of wave do particles move perpendicular to the wave direction?

• Longitudinal Waves

• Crest

• Transverse Waves

• Trough

In which type of wave does the medium vibrate in the same direction as the wave?

• Transverse Waves

• Crest

• Longitudinal Waves

• Wavelength

When two waves interfere with each other and result in a smaller wave, what is this called?

• Standing Wave

• Compressions

• Rarefaction

• Destructive Interference

Where particles are close together in a longitudinal wave, what is this region called?

• Standing Wave

• Compressions

• Rarefaction

• Destructive Interference

Where particles are far apart in a longitudinal wave, what is this region called?

• Standing Wave

• Compressions

• Rarefaction

• Destructive Interference

A wave with stationary points coming from two different directions is known as what?

• Standing Wave

• Compressions

• Rarefaction

• Destructive Interference

When two waves interfere with each other and result in a larger wave, what is this called?

• Standing Wave

• Compressions

• Rarefaction

• Constructive Interference

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