Vocab
True or False
Electromagnetic waves
Mechanical waves
What is a wave
100
Amplitude
What is Amplitude: the height of the wave, measured in meters.
100
Waves transport energy and not matter
What is true
100
Do Electromagnetic waves involve electric and magnetic fields?
What is yes
100
Do mechanical waves travel through matter?
What is Yes
100
is a wave a disturbance?
What is yes
200
Wavelength
What is the distance between adjacent crests, measured in meters.
200
Waves are a repeating disturbance, vibration, or movement that transfers or moves energy from place to place
What is true
200
These waves can travel through "empty space" (true or false)
What is true
200
The particles of matter vibrate by pushing together and moving apart (true or false)
What is true
300
Period
What is the time it takes for one complete wave to pass a given point, measured in seconds.
300
A wave can be described as a disturbance that travels through a medium from one location to another location.
What is true
300
Electromagnetic waves transfer energy through space (true or false)
What is true
300
Sound waves cannot be transferred or transmitted through space. (true or false)
What is true
300
The toy that we used to demonstrate how waves work
What is a slinky
400
Frequency
What is the number of complete waves that pass a point in one second
400
Waves can always travel through matter
What is false
400
What does empty space mean?
What is a space where matter is not present?
400
Do mechanical waves require particles to vibrate?
What is yes
400
The coils of a wave are always spaced equally apart (true or false)
What is True
500
Equilibrium
What is a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced.
500
Waves do not require particles to vibrate
What is false
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY name three examples of waves
What is radio waves, microwaves, infrared rays, visible light, ultraviolet rays, x-rays, and gamma rays.
500
name three examples of mechanical waves
What is Sound waves, water waves, waves that travel down a rope.
500
A wave is a disturbance that travels through a medium (true or false)
What is true
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