General Wave Info
What is a periodic disturbance that transfers energy?
ENERGY
WAVE
DISTURBANCE
MEDIUM
a wave
What is the highest point of a wave?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
crest
What type of wave are sound waves?
TRANSVERSE
LONGITUDINAL(COMPRESSION)
longitudinal (mechanical)
What type of waves are light waves?
MECHANICAL WAVES
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
electromagnetic
What is the bouncing back of a light wave after it hits a surface?
REFLECTION
DIFFRACTION
REFRACTION
reflection
What is the physical environment that waves occur in?
ENERGY
WAVE
DISTURBANCE
MEDIUM
medium
What is the lowest point of a wave?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
trough
What is the measure of how high or how low a wave sounds?
PITCH
FREQUENCY
WAVELENGTH
pitch
What is the bending of a light wave as it passes from one medium into a different medium?
REFLECTION
DIFFRACTION
REFRACTION
refraction
What is the speed that waves travel at?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
frequency
What are waves the require a medium (such as sound)?
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
MECHANICAL WAVES
mechanical waves
What is the distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
wavelength
What determines how loud or soft a sound is?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
amplitude
What electromagnetic waves have the highest frequency?
RADIO WAVES
GAMMA RAYS
XRAYS
VISIBLE LIGHT
gamma rays
What determines what color of visible light we see?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
the frequency of the wave
What are waves where the particles move perpendicular to the direction of motion?
TRANSVERSE WAVES
LONGITUDINAL (COMPRESSION) WAVES
transverse waves
What is the distance (how high or how low) particles move from the baseline of the wave?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
amplitude
What determines the pitch of a sound?
THE AMPLITUDE OF THE WAVE
THE FREQUENCY OF THE WAVE
THE WAVELENGTH
the frequency of the wave
What type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?
RADIO WAVES
GAMMA RAYS
XRAYS
VISIBLE LIGHT
radio waves
What is the law of reflection?
THE ANGLE OF INCEDENCEE EQUALS THE ANGLE OF REFLECTION
THE ANGLE OF INCEDENCE IS LESS THAN THE ANGLE OF REFLECTION
THE ANGLE OF INCEDENCE IN GREATER THAN THE ANGLE OF REFLECTION
The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
What is the medium for seismic waves?
WATER
EARTH
AIR
earth/dirt
What is the number of wave cycles that pass a given point in one second?
TROUGH
WAVELENGTH
CREST
FREQUENCY
AMPLITUDE
frequency
What causes sound waves?
ENERGY
MEDIUMS
VIBRATIONS
vibrations
Why does light have a "dual nature?"
WAVES/ENERGY
WAVES/PARTICLES
WAVES/VIBRATION
it can behave as waves or particles
What is the difference between a concave and a convex mirror?
CONCAVE/INWARD AND COMPRESSES & CONVEX/OUTWARD AND STRETCHES
CONVEX/INWARD AND COMPRESSES & CONCAVE/OUTWARD AND STRETCHES
Concave curves inward and compresses the image. Convex curves outward and stretches out the image.