Types of Waves
Parts of Waves
Characteristics of Waves
Characteristics of Waves 2
100
This type of wave needs a medium o transfer energy.
What is a mechanical wave
100
The distance between one point on a compression and the corresponding point on the next compression in a sound wave is known as this part of a wave.
What is the wavelength?
100
After a train passes by the pitch of a train whistle becomes lower. This change in pitch would indicate a _________ frequency and a ____________ wavelength.
What is low and long?
100
A wave with a high frequency will have a ____________ wavelength.
What is short?
200
Sound is classified as this type of wave.
What is a mechanical compressional wave?
200
This is the highest point on a transverse wave.
What is the crest?
200
The waves in the pool where you are floating have a crest height of about 1 foot. Bobby does a cannonball dive off the side of the pool and sends waves 4 feet high toward your raft. The waves that Bobby produced have a greater ________.
What is amplitude?
200
When the pitch of a sound wave increases its frequency __________.
What is increases?
300
Radio waves, x-rays, infrared waves and ultraviolet waves are all classified as this type of wave.
What is an electromagnetic wave?
300
This is the part on a wave that indicates the amount of energy the wave is carrying.
What is amplitude?
300
________ describes the highness or lowness of a sound wave.
What is pitch?
300
As the amplitude of wave increases its ________ increases.
What is energy?
400
This medium of this wave moves at a right angle to the direction the wave is traveling.
What is a transverse wave?
400
This the part of a compressional wave where particles are spread out.
What is a rarefaction?
400
John and his son Andrew were spending the day fishing off the pier over the ocean. Andrew began counting the waves as they passed under the end of the pier. He told his father that he repeatedly counted the same number of waves pass at each 10-second interval. Andrew is measuring __________.
What is frequency?
500
The medium of this wave moves in the same direction that the wave travels.
What is a compressional or longitudinal wave?
500
This is lowest point on a transverse wave?
What is the trough?
500
Tightening the strings of guitar causes the strings to vibrate more quickly when plucked. As a result, tightening the strings produces sounds that have a ______pitch.
What is high?
500
Imagine a ringing bell set inside a sealed glass jar. Once all the air is removed and a vacuum is created, the ringing sound is no longer heard. This is because sound is a _____________ wave and requires a ________ to travel to the ear.
What is mechanical and medium?
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