1. Which of these show ONE full wave?
One wave has one crest and one trough

2. What is the “stuff” a wave travels through?
medium

3. What part of a wave do these arrows show?
Amplitude
Resting
Position

4. What kind of wave carries energy through empty space?
Electromagnetic

5. The particles in a medium bump into each other to pass ___________along.
Energy

6. What is the medium for the sound waves that come from a musical instrument?
Air

7. What are the two types of waves?
Transverse
Longitudinal

8. What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound

9. Parts where the coils in a longitudinal wave are spread out.
Rarefaction

10. What kind of wave causes the particles in the medium to move perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving?
transverse

11. Which has a shorter wavelength?

12. What is an example of a transverse wave?
Electromagnetic waves

13. Type of waves that require a medium to transmit their energy
mechanical

14. Frequency is measured in units called
Hertz

15. A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
wave

16. The speed of a wave = wavelength x ???
frequency

17. The maximum distance that the particles of a medium move from the rest position
amplitude

18. Waves with _________ amplitude have more energy.
Greater

19. How do you find the wavelength of a longitudinal wave?
Measure from
compression to compression or
rarefaction to rarefaction.

20. Which of these have a lower amplitude?

21. What is the frequency if eight waves pass a point every four seconds?
2 Hz.

22. What is the speed of the wave below?
Wave speed = wavelength x frequency
Wavelength – 3 inches
Wave Speed =
24 inches/second
Frequency –
8 Hz.
(8 waves pass every second)

23. What part of a longitudinal wave is this?
Compression

24. The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave
wavelength

25. The _______________ of a wave tells us the number of waves that are produced in a certain amount of time.
Frequency

26. Transverse waves create high points called _________ and low points called __________.
Crests
Troughs

27. Which has a higher frequency?

28. Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the wave is moving
longitudinal

29. Parts where the coils in a longitudinal wave are close together.
Compression

30. Which has a larger amplitude?

31. What part of a wave are these arrows showing?
Wavelength

32. What part of a longitudinal wave is this?
Rarefaction