1. A wave can make a leaf bob up and down on the water, but it cannot move the leaf toward the

shore. This is because waves only transfer

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1. matter

2. energy

3. media

4. crests

This diagram is an example of destructive interference.

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1. True

2. False

2. Which of these waves do NOT require a medium?

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1. Ocean waves

2. Seismic waves

3. Sound waves

4. Radio waves

3. Which of the following is NOT a property of a wave?

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2. amplitude

3. frequency

4. wavelength

4. When two objects, such as marimba bars and columns, vibrate at the same

frequency, this occurs.

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1. refraction

2. reflection

3. resonance

4. amplitude

5. If a wave is traveling at a certain speed and you cut its frequency in half, what

would happen to its wavelength?

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1. The wavelength would be halved.

2. The wavelength would produce a standing wave.

3. The wavelength would remain the same.

4. The wavelength would be doubled.

Identify the type of wave:

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1. transverse

2. longitudinal

6. How do waves transfer energy?

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1. Through ocean waves

2. By the vibration of particles in a medium

3. Through compression

4. By a combination of waves

7. A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are crowded

together is called a

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1. rarefaction

2. compression

3. vibration

4. surface wave

8. When the crests of one wave overlap the crests of another wave or waves, this

occurs.

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1. diffraction

2. destructive interference

3. constructive interference

4. resonant frequencies

9. a periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted

through a medium

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ium

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1. medium

2. frequency

3. amplitude

4. wave

10. a physical environment in whichphenomena occur

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1. diffraction

2. transverse wave

3. medium

4. resonance

11. a wave that requires a medium through which to travel

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sver

se w

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ce w

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1. mechanical wave

2. transverse wave

3. surface wave

4. electromagnetic wave

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elen

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freq

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plitu

de

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ctio

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1. wavelength

2. frequency

3. amplitude

4. refraction

The black arrows in the diagram

show …

12. a wave that does not require a medium

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itudi

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surfa

ce w

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1. longitudinal wave

2. surface wave

3. transverse wave

4. electromagnetic wave

13. a wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the

direction the wave is traveling

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ce w

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1. mechanical wave

2. surface wave

3. transverse wave

4. electromagnetic wave

14. a wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction

of the wave motion

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1. longitudinal wave

2. surface wave

3. mechanical wave

4. transverse wave

15. a transverse and a longitudinal wave that combine at or near the

boundary between two media

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1. electromechanical wave

2. wavelength

3. surface wave

4. standing wave

16. the number of waves produced in a given amount of time

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1. frequency

2. wavelength

3. wave speed

4. amplitude

What is being measured in this diagram?

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de

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ratio

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1. amplitude

2. wavelength

3. vibration

4. interference

17. the speed at which a wave travels through a medium

1 2 3 4

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1. frequency

2. wavelength

3. wave speed

4. resonance

18. the maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate

from their rest position

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1. diffraction

2. interference

3. frequency

4. amplitude

19. the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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1. frequency

2. wavelength

3. refraction

4. interference

20. the bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface

that it does not penetrate

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nce

diff

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ion

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1. interference

2. diffraction

3. refraction

4. reflection

21. the combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave

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ndin

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rfere

nce

reso

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1. standing wave

2. interference

3. resonance

4. refraction

This picture is an example of

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1. resonance

2. interference

3. reflection

4. refraction

22. a pattern of vibration that simulates a wave that is standing still

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ract

ion

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nance

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rfere

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1. standing wave

2. diffraction

3. resonance

4. interference

23. the bending of a wave as the wave passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs

refle

ctio

n

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nance

refra

ctio

n

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ion

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1. reflection

2. resonance

3. refraction

4. diffraction

24. a phenomenon that occurs when two objects naturally vibrate at the

same frequency

freq

uency

diff

ract

ion

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rfere

nce

reso

nance

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1. frequency

2. diffraction

3. interference

4. resonance

25. a change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an

edge

diff

ract

ion

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plitu

de

refle

ctio

n

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1. diffraction

2. amplitude

3. reflection

4. refraction

26. This diagram is an

example of destructive

interference.

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1. True

2. False