Properties of Waves Test

A _____ is a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.

• wave

• energy

• vibration

• not this one

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Which type of wave needs a medium (solid, liquid, gas) to travel?

• mechanical

• transverse

Please correctly label the following wave.

a

b

c

d

crest

trough

amplitude

wavelength

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Please label the wave correctly.

a

b

c

d

rarefaction

wavelength

amplitude

compression

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Waves are classified according to how they travel through a __________

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As a transverse wave moves in one direction, the particles of the medium must move__________ to the direction of the wave, or across it.

• parallel

• perpendicular

Longitudinal waves- the medium moves __________ to the direction that the waves are traveling.

• parallel

• perpendicular

The distance between tow corresponding parts of a wave.

• crest

• wavelength

• amplitude

• wave

The number of complete waves (wavelengths) that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.

• wavelength

• vibration

• frequency

• wave

A measure of how compressed or rarefied the medium becomes in a longitudinal wave.

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

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