GN Intro to Waves

What is the best description of a wave?

• Carries matter from one place to another

• A straight line stream of energy

• Carries energy from one place to another

• An up-and-down motion of matter

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What is the best description of amplitude?

• The wave is constrained to move along a line instead of moving in other space

• The height of a wave from origin to crest

• The height of a wave from crest to trough

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given point per unit of time

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What is indicated by the amplitude of a wave?

• The amount of energy being transferred

• The amount of crests that pass a particular point in time

• The amount of matter being transferred

• The amount of data being transferred

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High points of waves are _______

• Valleys

• Crests

• Troughs

• Peaks

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Low points of waves are _______

• Valleys

• Crests

• Troughs

• Peaks

The distance between successive crests of a wave

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Period

Which wave below is carrying the greatest amount of energy?

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the physical environment in which a wave can travel

• small

• medium

• large

• extra large

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what type of wave is depicted?

• electromagnetic

• transverse

• light

• longitudinal

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the distance between the two black marks

• rarefaction

• compression

• wavelength

• frequency

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