Question

What do sound waves, light waves, and ocean waves all have in common?

A.
They all require a medium to travel.

B.
They are all electromagnetic waves.

C.
They all transfer energy.

D.
They are all mechanical waves.

Answer 1

C

Answer 2

In which type of wave do air particles move together or apart parallel to the direction of the wave?

A.
surface waves

B.
transverse waves

C.
electromagnetic waves

D.
sound waves

Answer 3

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Answer 4

D, sound waves are always longitudinal waves, which compress and expand parallel to the direction of movement

Answer 5

Which represents a type of mechanical wave?

A.
water waves

B.
gamma rays

C.
infrared light

D.
telemetry waves
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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

A, because they require particle movement, the bouncing

Answer 10

Which term is described as the height of a wave from its rest position to its crest?

A.
wavelength

B.
crest height

C.
amplitude

D.
wave height

Answer 11

C, it is the maximum distance between a wave's maximum disturbance and its equlibirum. That's the definition of Amplitude

Answer 12

What is the distance between two consecutive troughs called?

A.
period length

B.
wavelength

C.
amplitude length

D.
trough length

Answer 13

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Answer 14

B, a wavelength is the distance between two consecutive particles that have the same velocity

Answer 15

Which gives the frequency of the wave in terms of its peaks?

A.
the number of peaks per meter

B.
the number of peaks passing a point per second

C.
the height of the peaks divided by the width of the crest

D.
the height of the tallest peaks

Answer 16

B, that's the def.

Answer 17

Which best describes what happens when a person sees an orange T-shirt?

A.
The T-shirt absorbs orange light from human eyes.

B.
The T-shirt radiates all colors of light except orange to human eyes.

C.
Human eyes reflect orange light back to the T-shirt.

D.
Orange light reflected from the T-shirt enters human eyes.

Answer 18

D

Answer 19

Which travels fastest through dense matter?

A.
ultraviolet waves

B.
radio waves

C.
telemetry waves

D.
sound waves

Answer 20

D, due to the higher density, a compression will move much faster

Answer 21

Which places the items in order from slowest to fastest?

A.
the speed of light through outer space; the speed of light through air; the speed of light through glass

B.
the speed of light through air; the speed of light through glass; the speed of light through outer space

C.
the speed of light through glass; the speed of light through air; the speed of light through outer space

D.
the speed of light through glass; the speed of light through space; the speed of light through air

Answer 22

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Answer 23

C, just think about it, whatever is more compressed/dense, light travels slower