Chap. 15 Waves-vocabulary (15 Terms)
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- 1.What is the unit of measurement for frequency?
- A.
Gram
- B.
Joule
- C.
Hertz
- D.
Speed
- 2.What is a number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time?
- A.
Amplitude
- B.
Compression
- C.
Rarefaction
- D.
Frequency
- 3.What is the material through which a wave travels?
- A.
Crest
- B.
Trough
- C.
Medium
- D.
Wave
- 4.What is a wave that that occurs at the surface between two medium?
- A.
Surface wave
- B.
Trough
- C.
Longitudinal wave
- D.
Wave
- 5.What is a wave that requires a medium through which to travel?
- A.
Transverse wave
- B.
Longitudinal wave
- C.
Surface wave
- D.
Mechanical wave
- 6.What is a repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion?
- A.
Frequency
- B.
Wave
- C.
Vibration
- D.
Compression
- 7.What is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together?
- A.
Compression
- B.
Rarefaction
- C.
Crest
- D.
Trough
- 8.Which wave moves the medium "parallel" to the direction in which the wave travels?
- A.
Surface wave
- B.
Transverse wave
- C.
Mechanical wave
- D.
Logitudinal wave
- 9.Which wave moves the medium in a direction "perpendicular" to the direction in which the wave travels?
- A.
Longitudinal wave
- B.
Surface wave
- C.
Transverse wave
- D.
Mechanical wave
- 10.What is the "highest part" of a transverse wave?
- A.
Compression
- B.
Crest
- C.
Trough
- D.
Amplitude
- 11.What is the maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through a medium?
- A.
Amplitude
- B.
Compression
- C.
Crest
- D.
Trough
- 12.What is a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place?
- A.
Compression
- B.
Wave
- C.
Wavelength
- D.
Trough
- 13.What is the "lowest part" of a transverse wave?
- A.
Crest
- B.
Trough
- C.
Amplitude
- D.
Frequency
- 14.What is the part of the longitudinal wave where the particles of a medium are "far" apart?
- A.
Trough
- B.
Compression
- C.
Rarefaction
- D.
Crest
- 15.What is the distance between the "crest" of one wave and the "crest" of the next?
- A.
Wavelength
- B.
Wave
- C.
Medium
- D.
Surface wave
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