Characteristics Of Waves

Test Description: Basic information about waves.

Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.

1) This is a disturbance that travels through matter or space, carrying energy without carrying matter.

2) This is the matter that waves travel through.

3) The distance between two corresponding points on adjacent waves is the ____________.

4) The distance the particles of a medium move from their resting position is the ___________.

5) This is the number of waves that pass a fixed point has in a given amount of time .

6) This is the distance a wave travels in a given amount of time.

7) The SI unit of wave frequency is _____________.

8) What do you call the highest part of the wave?

9) What do you call the lowest part of the wave ?

10) The formula for figuring the speed of a wave is...

11) What is the wave speed for a wave that has a wavelength of 4 and a frequency of 3?

12) What is the speed of a wave with a wavelength of 2.5 and a frequency of 6?

13) A wave carries _______________.

14) As wavelength increases, frequency _______________.

15) As frequency increases, the energy of the wave __________.

16) As the wavelength increases, the wave speed __________.

17) The speed of a wave depends on __________________.

18) A wave travels faster through solids because...


*select an answer for all questions

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