Question | Answer |
What is the highest point of a transverse wave called? | Crest |
What is the lowest point of a transverse wave called? | Trough |
The distance from one crest to another crest is called? | Wavelength |
The height of a wave from its mid point to crest is called? | Amplitude |
A wave that moves up and down through a medium is called? | Transverse wave |
A wave the moves back and forth in a medium is called? | Compressional Wave |
The number of crest that pass a given point is called? | Frequency |
The electromagnetic wave with the lowest energy is called? | Radio Waves |
The electromagnetic wave with the highest energy is called? | Gamma Rays |
An area where particles are pushed together is called? | Compression |
An area where particles are pushed apart is called? | Rarefaction |
What kind of energy from the Sun can cause sunburn? | Ultraviolet Rays |
1Which is the best description of how sound waves travel? | Back and Forth from the source |
Which measure identifies the pitch of a sound? | Frequency |
An echo is heard when sound waves are | bounced off of a hard object |
Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has waves of the shortest wavelength? | Gamma Rays |
A device that is magnetized by current electricity is a(n) | Electromagnet |
Which is the weakest type of electromagnetic waves? | Radio Waves |
Much of the Sun’s ultraviolet rays are blocked from reaching Earth by the | Ozone Layer |
When sound travels across a metal fence will the fence absorb, transmit, or reflect the sound | Transmit |
What types of objects cause sound to absorb? | Soft Objects |
What types of objects cause sound to reflect? | hard Objects |