Types of Waves

What do waves move from one place to another?

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What are the TWO main categories of waves?

• Sound waves

• Mechanical waves

• Ocean waves

• Electromagnetic waves

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Waves can travel through a material such as air or water.

• False

• True

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Why is it completely silent in outer space?

• There are no people in space, so there is no sound in space.

• There is sound in space, but the sound is too quieted to hear.

• There is sound in space, but it only comes from planet movement.

• Sound waves cannot travel in space, so there is no sound in space.

Electromagnetic waves only travel through

• Air

• Water

• They don't need anything material to travel through

• Solid Object

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There is no sound in space, but there is light. Why?

• There is sound in outer space.

• Light from planet earth shines into outer space.

• Light waves are a type of waves that can travel through a empty space, like outer space.

Which type of waves move up and down?

HINT: Look at the diagram on the screen to help you!

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

Where is wavelength located on a wave?

• Waves do not have a wavelength.

• The lowest point of a wave.

• The distance between two points on a wave

• The highest point of the wave.

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What does amplitude show on a wave?

• The highest point of the waves.

• How tall a waves is.

• The lowest point of the waves.

• Waves do not show amplitudie

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What question do you have about waves or what do you wonder about waves?

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