WAVES Multiple Choice Test

A wave transfers

The distance between 2 crests is a wave's

Which of the following is true about standing waves

What is the angle of incidence if a reflected wave bounces off a mirror at and angle of 65 degrees.

The speed of a wave in a spring is 10 m/s. if the wavelength is 2 m, what is the frequency?

When a wave enters a new medium at 60 degrees and changes speed, the wave

What is the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 2 Hz and a wavelength of 3 m.

Whenever a wave enters a new medium, the _______ is likely to change.

A wave with an amplitude of 5 cm combine with a wave of -5 cm. What would happen?

A wave with an amplitude of 2 cm combines with another wave with an amplitude of 1 cm. The resulting combined wave would have an amplitude of ________.

Click True or False. Destructive interference is used in noise-canceling headphones to block out distracting noises in a listener's surroundings.

A pencil looks bent when placed in a beaker of water. This is an example of _________________.

Shining a flash light into a fish tank and seeing that the angle of the light once it hits the water changes is an example of ______________.

CLICK TRUE OR FALSE. Sound waves are longitudinal waves and can travel through solid, liquid, and gas.

The material through which a wave travels is called a _______.

Waves the require a medium to travel are called ___________________.

The high point on a transverse wave is called a , and the low point is called a ____.

CLICK TRUE OR FALSE. A wave causes vibrations in a medium.

A _wave vibrate the particles of a medium perpendicular to its direction, while a ____ wave vibrates the particles parallel to its direction.

Transverse and longitudinal waves both have

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