Waves Lessons 1-3 Review

What is a wave?

• a movement that is done when matter is transfered
• a disturbance in a medium that transfers energy from place to place
• energy being released by a push or pull

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What is a medium?

• a vacuume in space
• matter (a liquid, solid, or gas) which something can travel through

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What are examples of a wave? Mark all that apply.

• Light
• Sound
• Energy
• Microwave
• Dishwasher

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What is a mechanical wave?

• a wave that requires a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through
• a wave that does not require material mediums but can travel through empty space
• a wave that moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave, or up and down
• a wave that moves in the same direction, or left to right

What is a electromagnetic wave?

• a wave that requires a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through
• a wave that does not require material mediums but can travel through empty space
• a wave that moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave, or up and down
• a wave that moves in the same direction, or left to right

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What is a transverse wave?

• a wave that requires a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through
• a wave that does not require material mediums but can travel through empty space
• a wave that moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave, or up and down
• a wave that moves in the same direction, or left to right

What is a longitudinal wave?

• a wave that requires a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through
• a wave that does not require material mediums but can travel through empty space
• a wave that moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave, or up and down
• a wave that moves in the same direction, or left to right

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What kind of wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• surface
• none of the above

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What is a wave?

• A wave is a type of greeting commonly used in Hawaii

• A wave is a type of weather phenomenon caused by changes in atmospheric pressure

• A wave is a type of hairstyle popular in the 1980s

• A wave is a disturbance that travels through a medium like air, transferring energy from one point to another.

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What kind of wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• surface
• none of the above

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