Name that Wave
What part is that?
Hands off my property
waves interacting
this and that
100
What type of wave requires a medium through which to travel?
What is a mechanical wave?
100
What is the highest point of a transverse wave called?
What is a crest?
100
What is the height of the wave called?
What is amplitude?
100
What is the bouncing back of an object or a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass called?
What is reflection?
100
What is the substance through which a wave travels?
What is a medium?
200
What is a wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels?
What is a transverse wave?
200
What is the lowest point of a transverse wave called?
What is a trough?
200
What is the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave called?
What is wavelength?
200
What is the bending of waves as they enter a new medium at an angle called?
What is refraction?
200
What is a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place called?
What is a wave?
300
What is a wave that moves the medium in a direction parallel to the direction in which the wave travels?
What is a longitudinal wave?
300
What is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together?
What is a compression?
300
What is the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time called?
What is frequency?
300
What type of wave travels faster than a sound wave?
What is a light wave?
300
What is the loudness of softness of a sound called?
What is volume?
400
What is a wave that travels in all directions?
What is a sound wave?
400
What is the part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are far apart?
What is a rarefaction?
400
What is the unit of measurement for frequency?
What is a hertz (Hz)?
400
What type of medium do sound waves travel the fastest through?
What is a solid?
400
What is how high or how low a sound is called?
What is pitch?
500
What is a wave that travels in straight line unless it hits something?
What is a light wave?
500
What is the distance between waves called?
What is wavelength?
500
What is the distance from the medium to the crest or from the medium to the trough called?
What is amplitude?
500
What increases when the frequency of a wave increases?
What is the pitch?
500
What type of a wave causes an earthquake?
What are seismic waves?
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