PS CH 17 Section 1 (4 choi 9 words)
- 1. a disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another
A) thermal energy
B) impulse
C) reaction force
D) mechanical Wave
- 2. the material through which a wave travels
A) fabric
B) ethernet
C) medium
D) fiber
- 3. the highest point of a transverse wave
A) rarefaction
B) compression
C) crest
D) trough
- 4. the lowest point of a transverse wave
A) crest
B) trough
C) amplitude
D) wavelength
- 5. a wave that causes a medium to vibrate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels
A) thermal wave
B) transverse Wave
C) longitidunal wave
D) vibrational wave
- 6. an area of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together
A) trough
B) rarefaction
C) crest
D) compression
- 7. an area of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are spread out
A) rarefaction
B) amplitude
C) compression
D) frequency
- 8. a wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels
A) longitudinal Wave
B) interference wave
C) transverse wave
D) node
- 9. a wave that travels along a surface separating two media
A) polynomial wave
B) surface Wave
C) deep wave
D) submarine wave
- 10. What type of wave is illustrated here?
A) longitidunal wave
B) transverse Wave
- 11. What type of wave is illustrated here?
A) transverse wave
B) longitudinal Wave
- 12. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 4?
A) wavelength
B) amplitude
C) trough
D) crest
- 13. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 2?
A) trough
B) wavelength
C) crest
D) amplitude
- 14. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 3?
A) crest
B) amplitude
C) trough
D) wavelength
- 15. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 1?
A) wavelength
B) crest
C) amplitude
D) trough
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