Waves Vocab.

What is the rate at which something repeats over time?

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Velocity

Sound is an example of what two types of waves?

• Mechanical and longitudinal

• Electromagnetic and transverse

• Surface and standing

• Radio and seismic

What is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs in a wave?

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wave speed

What parts of transverse and longitudinal waves correspond to high density and pressure?

• Crest (transverse) and compression (longitudinal)

• Trough (transverse) and rarefaction (longitudinal)

• Amplitude (transverse) and compression (longitudinal)

• Crest (transverse) and trough (longitudinal)

What type of wave requires a medium to travel through?

• Electromagnetic wave

• Mechanical wave

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

What is the lowest part of a wave called?

• Crest

• Trough

• Wave height

• Amplitude

What are the squeezed together regions of a longitudinal wave called?

• Rarefactions

• Compressions

• Crests

• Troughs

What is a substance (like a solid, liquid, or gas) that the energy of a wave can travel through?

• Medium

• Waveform

• Frequency

• Amplitude

What does a wave carry from place to place?

• Matter

• Energy

• Sound

• Light

What happens to a reflected wave at a fixed boundary?

• It is inverted.

• It is amplified.

• It is absorbed.

• It is transmitted.