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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the ability to cause change?
energy
matter
volume
- 2. Multiple Choice
What does a wave carry from place to place?
energy
matter
people
- 3. Multiple Choice
The highest point on a transverse wave is the
compression
crest
rest position
trough
- 4. Multiple Choice
The lowest point on a transverse wave is the
compression
crest
rest position
trough
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which property of the wave would change if you changed the amount of energy the wave had?
amplitude
frequency
wavelength
wave speed
- 6. Multiple Choice
If the wavelength of a wave increased, what would happen to the frequency?
decrease
increase
stay the same
- 7. Multiple Choice
Mechanical waves usually travel fastest through:
solids
liquids
gases
- 8. Multiple Choice
Mechanical waves usually travels fastest as the temperature of the medium:
increases
decreases
stays the same
- 9. Multiple Choice
The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:
amplitude
frequency
wavelength
- 10. Multiple Choice
A wave that can travel through matter and empty space is a:
electromagnetic wave
longitudinal wavy
transverse wave
- 11. Multiple Choice
What kind of wave is this?
electromagnetic
longitudinal
transverse
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which are properties of a mechanical wave?
can be longitudinal or transverse
can move through space
must have matter to move
carries energy
- 13. Multiple Choice
What are properties of electromagnetic waves?
carry energy
can move through space
can move through matter
include x-rays
- 14. Multiple Choice
Water waves are unique because they:
are transverse waves
are longitudinal waves
carry energy
move matter from place to place
- 15. Multiple Choice
As a longitudinal wave moves forward, the particles move:
perpendicular to the wave's motion
parallel to the wave's motion
stand in one place
move completely down the spring
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