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Practice
100
What is the highest point of a wave?
The crest
100
What is the area called where particles are close together?
Compression
100
What is the distance between two waves?
Wavelength
100
As amplitude of a wave increases, ____ increases.
Energy
100
A wave travels along a rope as shown in the diagram below.
As the wave travels, what is transferred between point A and point B?
Energy
200
What is the lowest point of a wave?
The trough
200
What is the area called when particles are far apart?
Rarefaction
200
What is the number of waves produced in a given amount of time?
Frequency
200
A high frequency wave has ___ waves.
more
200
Which form of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelenght?
Gamma ray
300
What are two lines meeting at right angles known as?
Perpendicular
300
What are two lines which never meet known as?
Parallel
300
What is a material or substance that can carry a wave?
Medium
300
A low frequency waves has ____ energy.
Less
300
Which wave is NOT found in the electromagnetic spectrum?
Sound waves, etc.
400
What wave moves perpendicular to wave travel?
Transverse wave
400
What wave moves parallel to wave travel?
Longitudinal wave
400
What is a disturbance that transmits energy through space or matter?
Wave
400
Which wave has the longest wavelength and the lowest frequency?
1
400
Which diagram shows the electromagnetic energy with the shortest wavelength?
B
500
What is an example of a transverse wave?
Light waves, water waves, etc.
500
What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound wave
500
What is the height of a wave known as?
Amplitude
500
Which wave has the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency?
3
500
Sound waves cannot travel through...
a vacuum (empty space).