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What is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter?
a) ground
b) waves
c) air
d) medium
b) waves
Only energy is transferred through a wave NOT matter.
True OR False
True
This is calculated by distance divided by time:
a) rate of rarefaction
b) speed of sound
c) frequency
b) speed of sound
A unit of measure that indicates the relative intensity of a sound.
a) amplitude
b) decibel
c) frequency
d) hertz
b) decibel
What part of the transverse wave is letter A on the board?
a) trough
b) crest
c) amplitude
d) wavelength
d) wavelength
Which of the following items would absorb the most light energy?
a) a white sheet of paper
b) a blues sheet of paper
c) a black sheet of paper
c) a black sheet of paper
Which of the following is NOT a medium which sound waves can pass through?
a) water
b) gas
c) space/vacuum
d) solid
c) space/vacuum
_____________ occurs when an object allows light to pass through it.
a) transmission
b) absorption
c) reflection
a) transmission
What type of wave can travel through empty space, like outer space?
a) mechanical waves
b) electromagnetic waves
c) water waves
d) sound waves
b) electromagnetic waves
What part of the transverse wave is letter B on the board?
a) trough
b) crest
c) amplitude
d) wavelength
b) crest
What type of wave requires a MEDIUM to pass through?
a) electromagnetic waves
b) light waves
c) radio waves
d) mechanical waves
d) mechanical waves
What is a unit of measurement that indicated the relative intensity of a sound?
a) medium
b) decibel
c) crest
d) amplitude
b) decibel
What type of wave moves energy in the same direction as the energy of the wave (back and forth)?
a) Compression/longitudinal Wave
b) Transverse Waves
c) Ocean waves
d) Electromagnetic Waves
a) Compression/longitudinal Wave
What part of the transverse wave is letter C on the board?
a) trough
b) resting position (nodal)
c) amplitude
d) wavelength
b) resting position (nodal)
13. What is a property of waves wherein the wave/light bounces off and object or material.
a) reflection
b) refraction
c) absorption
d) transmission
a) reflection
What is the number of waves passing in one second measured in Hertz?
a) Frequency
b) Crest
c) Wavelength
d) Wave
a) Frequency
What are TWO examples of Mechanical Waves? Choose TWO:
a) sound waves
b) light waves
c) radio waves
d) water waves
a) sound waves
&
d) water waves
What is the distance a wave travels from one crest to the next crest?
a) Wavelength
b) Amplitude
c) Crest
d) Trough
a) Wavelength
What are TWO examples of Electromagnetic Waves? Choose TWO:
a) radio waves
b) seismic waves
c) light waves
d) sound waves
a) radio waves
&
c) light waves
What type of wave moves energy at right angles or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow (up and down)?
a) Compression/longitudinal Wave
b) Sound waves
c) Transverse waves
d) Slinky waves
c) Transverse waves