Properties of Waves
A _______ is the highest point, or peak, of a wave.
What is crest?
What are the two types of mechanical waves?
What is Transverse and Logitudinal
True or False::
High Amplitude sound waves are louder than the low amplitude sound waves
What is True
This is the height of a wave.
What is Amplitude?
You can make sound louder by using less energy.*
True or False
What is False
A _______ is the lowest point, or valley, of a wave.
What is trough?
What is the definition for mechanical waves?
What is matter that travels through a medium?
True or False::
Is it easy to see the wave's energy move in a longitudinal wave
What is True
What is it called when one wave moves through a medium and they can meet.
What is superposition.
The Color ____________ is reflected off the banana?
What is Yellow?
_________ is the distance from one crest or trough to the next.
What is wavelength?
What is needed in all mechanical waves?
What is a medium?
A scientist compared two waves. One wave had more repetitions per second then the other. How would you describe the difference between the waves.
the wave had different frequencies.
Is the highest Point of the wave?
Crest
Which is NOT involved in the radio wave communication?
1. Transmitter
2. Signal
3. Reciver
4. Lens
What is LENS
________ is the number of waves passing a fixed point in a certain amount of time.
What is frequency?
What is a Disturbance that carries energy and travels in a repeating pattern?
What is Wave
IF you were to contact someone far away with a radio, what would your radio need in order to reach that person?
(at least name two answers, hint: there are 4)
What is a radio with a very powerful antenna, a microphone, a tuner, and a speaker.
The Lowest part of the wave?
Trough
The eye has a small hole called the _______ that can adjust the amount of light that travels through the lens.
what is Pupil.
True or False: Amplitude indicates how much energy a wave is carrying.
What is true?
Sound waves are this shape.
What is Longitudinal.
A circular wave will transfer energy in what kind of shape?
What is the starting point of the wave. On the top, side, middle, or bottom
What is a Circle.
What is the middle.
the distance from one refraction to the next is called?
What is Wavelength?
Is the number of vibrations a source of sound makes each second
what is Frequency?