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What is the term that describes the material through which a wave travels?
a) mechanical
b) transverse
c) medium
d) longitudinal

Which of the following can act as a medium for a wave?
a) solids
b) liquids
c) gas
d) all of the above

What is the term that describes waves that require a medium through which to travel?
a) Mechanical
b) Electromagnetic
c)
d)

Waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to vibrate.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Which type of wave moves the medium at a right angle to the direction in which the wave travels?
a) Transverse
b) Longitudianal
c)
d)

What term describes the highest part of a transverse wave?
a) Amplutude
b) Crest
c) Trough
d) Wavelength

What term describes the lowest part of a transverse wave?
a) Amplitude
b) Crest
c) Trough
d) Wavelength

What is the name given to the region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together?
a) Compression
b) Expansion
c)
d)

What is the name given to the region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart?
a) Compression
b) Expansion
c)
d)

What term describes the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time?
a) Amplitude
b) Wavelength
c) Frequency
d) Speed

What term describes the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave?
a) Newtons
b) wavelength
c) amplitude
d) frequency

What term describes the bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface through which it cannot pass?
a) Reflection
b) Refraction
c) Transmission
d) Absorption

What term describes the bending of waves as they enter a different medium?
a) Reflection
b) Refraction
c) Transmission
d) Absorption

What is the type of wave that is produced by a vibrating object and that travels through matter?
a) Light
b) Sound
c) Water
d) Surface

Through which material does sound travel the fastest?
a) Gas
b) Liquid
c) Solid
d)

Sound travels faster through mediums at a lower temperature than at higher ones.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Sound waves that have a high amplitude will have a louder sound.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

A transparent tool that uses refraction to spread out the different wavelengths that make up light white is called a
a) mirror
b) water
c) prism
d) glass

When light passes through a medium it is called
a) reflection
b) refraction
c) tramsmission
d) absorption

When light bounces off of an object it is
a) reflected
b) refracted
c) transmitted
d) absorbed

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