PS CH 17 Section 1 (4 choi 9 words)
  • 1. a disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another
A) reaction force
B) thermal energy
C) impulse
D) mechanical Wave
  • 2. the material through which a wave travels
A) fabric
B) ethernet
C) fiber
D) medium
  • 3. the highest point of a transverse wave
A) compression
B) trough
C) crest
D) rarefaction
  • 4. the lowest point of a transverse wave
A) amplitude
B) trough
C) wavelength
D) crest
  • 5. a wave that causes a medium to vibrate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels
A) vibrational wave
B) longitidunal wave
C) transverse Wave
D) thermal wave
  • 6. an area of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together
A) compression
B) crest
C) trough
D) rarefaction
  • 7. an area of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are spread out
A) frequency
B) rarefaction
C) compression
D) amplitude
  • 8. a wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels
A) longitudinal Wave
B) interference wave
C) transverse wave
D) node
  • 9. a wave that travels along a surface separating two media
A) deep wave
B) surface Wave
C) polynomial wave
D) submarine wave
  • 10. What type of wave is illustrated here?
A) longitidunal wave
B) transverse Wave
  • 11. What type of wave is illustrated here?
A) transverse wave
B) longitudinal Wave
  • 12. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 4?
A) wavelength
B) crest
C) trough
D) amplitude
  • 13. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 2?
A) crest
B) amplitude
C) wavelength
D) trough
  • 14. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 3?
A) trough
B) crest
C) wavelength
D) amplitude
  • 15. What is the name of the part of the wave by # 1?
A) wavelength
B) amplitude
C) crest
D) trough
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