Exam 7 Numbers 6-10

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  • 1. 
    6. When a transverse wave passes through water, water molecules are displaced
    • A. 

      Permanently in the direction of the wave motion.

    • B. 

      Permanently in a direction perpendicular to the wave.

    • C. 

      Temporarily in the direction of the wave motion.

    • D. 

      Temporarily in a direction perpendicular to the wave

  • 2. 
    7. The distance between two troughs of a transverse wave is the wave’s
    • A. 

      Amplitude

    • B. 

      Wavelength.

    • C. 

      Frequency.

    • D. 

      Rarefaction.

  • 3. 
    8. The distance between two rarefactions of a longitudinal wave is the wave’s
    • A. 

      Amplitude.

    • B. 

      Wavelength.

    • C. 

      Frequency.

    • D. 

      Trough.

  • 4. 
    9. A wave travels through a medium. As the wave passes, the particles of the medium vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the wave’s motion. The wave is
    • A. 

      Longitudinal.

    • B. 

      Electromagnetic.

    • C. 

      A pulse.

    • D. 

      Transverse

  • 5. 
    10. Each compression in the waveform of the longitudinal wave shown above corresponds to what feature of the transverse wave below it?
    • A. 

      Wavelength

    • B. 

      Troughs

    • C. 

      Crests

    • D. 

      Amplitude

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