Intro To Waves Homework

10 Questions | By Allensabode | Updated: Mar 21, 2022 | Attempts: 3343

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Complete the homework by answering each of the following questions. You may use your notes from class. Once the assignment is complete, print a report showing your completion record. This report will be submitted in class fpr a grade.

Questions and Answers

1.

Waves are created by a vibration.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

As a wave moves through a medium, the individual particles of the medium move from the source of the wave to another location some distance away.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

Waves are a means of transporting energy from one location to another without actually displacing matter from one location to another.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.

An ocean wave will transport ocean water from near the middle of the ocean to a location near the shore.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

As mechanical waves move through a medium, particles of the medium undergo a periodic and repeated vibration about a fixed position.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

Describe how a wave is different than a pulse.
7.

Mechanical waves propagate or move through a medium because ________.
- A.
  
  The particles of the medium are able to move along the curved wavelike pathway
- B.
  
  One particle pushes or pulls on the adjacent particle which pushes or pulls on the next particle
- C.
  
  The initial vibration of the medium causes the medium to assume the wavelike shape and this shape subsequently moves from one location to another.
8.

Which of the following categories of waves require a medium in order to transport energy from one location to another?
- A.
  
  Mechanical
- B.
  
  Electromagnetic
9.

The arrows on the diagrams below represent the direction of particle motion. Diagram A shows a ____ pulse and diagram B shows a ____ pulse.
- A.
  
  Longitudinal, transverse
- B.
  
  Transverse, longitudinal
10.

Compare the direction in which particles of the medium vibrate for a longitudinal wave compared to a transverse wave. Reference the diagram in question #9 in your discussion.