Earthquakes cause longitudinal waves

Ocean waves crash on shore when the bottoms of the waves slow down due to friction.

All waves transfer energy from one place to another

All mechanical waves are either transverse or longitudinal waves

Some waves do not require a medium.

A source of energy is needed to start a mechanical wave

Types of mechanical waves include

The medium of a mechanical wave can be a

The crests of a transverse wave are like the

Examples of mechanical waves include all of the following except

Waves that an earthquake sends through rocks underground include

Which of the following statements about ocean waves is true?

You generate a longitudinal wave when you

The less compressed particles of matter become in a longitudinal wave, the greater the wave’s amplitude.

The distance between two adjacent compressions of a longitudinal wave is its wavelength

The frequency of a wave is the same as the frequency of the vibrations that caused the wave.

Wave speed measures the same thing as wave frequency.

Wavelength equals wave speed multiplied by wave frequency.

The resting position of particles in a longitudinal wave is where the particles are most spread out.

A wave caused by a disturbance with greater energy has greater amplitude.

If you know the speed and wavelength of a wave, you can calculate its frequency.

Waves generally travel most slowly in gases.

A wave with a higher frequency always has a greater speed than a wave with a lower frequency.

Measures of wave size include

The amplitude of a transverse wave is the distance between

What is the speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 0.5 meters and a frequency of 2 waves per second?

Wave amplitude depends on

When one wave passes a fixed point every second, the frequency of the waves is

Assume that a wave has a fixed speed. If the frequency of the wave increases, its wavelength

The speed of waves depends on their

Reflection occurs only with sound waves.

All reflected waves appear to be standing still.

The angle of incidence is always greater than the angle of reflection.

Diffraction is more pronounced with sound waves than light waves.

Wave interference occurs whenever waves enter a new medium.

Wave interference occurs only when a wave is reflected.

Light waves refract when they pass from air to water.

Interference occurs only when the crests of one wave overlap with the troughs of another wave

A standing wave occurs when a wave is reflected straight back from an obstacle.

Wave interference always changes the speed of a wave.

Ways that waves may interact with matter include

Reflected waves differ from the original waves before they were reflected in their

Refraction occurs because waves

If the length of an obstacle is greater than the wavelength of a wave, you would expect to see

A standing wave is a wave that

A standing wave occurs because of a combination of

Which statement about destructive interference is true?