Waves quiz review

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The distance between two consecutive crests or troughs in a wave.

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Velocity

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how often waves pass by a certain location

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Velocity

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The highest point of a wave.

• Crest

• Trough

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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The lowest point of a wave.

• Trough

• Crest

• Amplitude

• Frequency

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a wave that vibrates at right angles to the direction that it travels

• Transverse Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Surface Wave

• Standing Wave

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a wave that vibrates in the same direction that it travels

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Surface Wave

• Standing Wave

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How fast a wave travels

from place to place

• Velocity

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

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the unit used to measure a wave’s frequency

• Meters per second

  (m/s)

• Hertz (Hz)

• Meters (m)

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A wave with a frequency of 14 Hz has a wavelength of 3

meters. At what velocity will this wave travel?

• .21 m/s

• 42 m/s

• 4.6 m/s

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A wave has a frequency of 46 Hz and a wavelength of 1.7

meters. What is the velocity of this wave?

• 78.2 m/s

• 27.05 m/s

• .03 m/s