Basic Nature of Waves

The lowest point on a wave is the:

• Amplitude
• Crest
• Trough
• Wavelength

Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?

• x ray

• microwave

• sound wave

• water wave

A wave in which the movement of the wave’s medium is perpendicular to the movement of the wave traveling through the medium

• Transverse waves

• Compression waves

• Nodular Waves

• Ocean Waves

Which letter represents the trough?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Sound waves travel as _________ waves.

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• surface

Water waves are __________ waves because the wave moves up and down.

• transverse

• inverse

• longitudinal

• flat

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion

• A. mechanical wave
• B. surface wave
• C. longitudinal wave
• D. wave

Which wave is pictured?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

What does a wave carry from place to place?

• energy

• matter

• people

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

• wavelength

• crest

• trough

• amplitude