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quiz review 1
sience
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place is called a | wave |
| mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to | move |
| the speed of a wave is its wavelength multiplied by its | frequency |
| the bending of waves due to a change in speed is called | refraction |
| the bending of waves around the edge of a barriers known as | diffraction |
| the interaction between two waves that meet is called | interference |
| waves combine to make a wave with larger amplitude in a process called | constructive interference |
| when an incoming wave combines with a reflected wave in such a way that the combined wave appears to be standing still, the result is a | standing wave |
| what occurs when vibration traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency | resenince |
| a wave travels through a medium because | the energy passes from particle to particle |
| mechanical waves are classified according to | how they move |
| frequency is measured in units called | hertz |
| when a wave hits a surface through which it CANNOT pass and bounces back it undergoes | reflection |
| waves combine to produce a smaller or zero-amplitude wave in a process called | destructive interference |
| why do you see lightning from a distant storm before you hear the lightning | light travels faster than sound |
| compression and rarefractions are characteristic of what type of wave | longitudinal wave |