Wave Basics 101

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

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ALL waves carry ______________.

• Sound

• Light

• Water

• Energy

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Sound travels in which kind of wave?

• Longitudinal waves

• Transverse waves

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Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal
• Both
• Neither

Water waves and light waves are both examples to ___

• Longitudinal Wave

• Transverse Wave

• Frequency wave

• Sound Wave

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Compression

• An increase in density caused by external

  pressure

• A wave that is moving in the same direction as the

  displacement of the transmitting medium

• A continuum of all electromagnetic waves

  arranged according to frequency and wavelength

• Oscillations of electromagnetic fields that carry

  energy through a medium or through a vacuum

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Compression or

Longitudinal Wave

• A wave that is moving in the same direction as the

  displacement of the transmitting medium

• A continuum of all electromagnetic waves

  arranged according to frequency and wavelength

• Oscillations of electromagnetic fields that carry

  energy through a medium or through a vacuum

• A wave that propagates as an oscillation of matter

  and therefore transfers energy through a medium

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Electromagnetic Waves

• Oscillations of electromagnetic fields that carry

  energy through a medium or through a vacuum

• A wave that propagates as an oscillation of matter

  and therefore transfers energy through a medium

• The less dense, more spread out regions of

  longitudinal waves

• A wave that is propagated in a direction

  perpendicular to the displacement of the

  transmitting field or medium

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Rarefaction

• The less dense, more spread out regions of

  longitudinal waves

• A wave that is propagated in a direction

  perpendicular to the displacement of the

  transmitting field or medium

• An increase in density caused by external

  pressure

• A wave that is moving in the same direction as the

  displacement of the transmitting medium

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Mechanical Wave

• A wave that propagates as an oscillation of matter

  and therefore transfers energy through a medium

• The less dense, more spread out regions of

  longitudinal waves

• A wave that is propagated in a direction

  perpendicular to the displacement of the

  transmitting field or medium

• An increase in density caused by external

  pressure

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