Question 1

How energy moves from one place to the next.

Accepted Answer

As a wave

Answer

As a particle

Answer

Up and Down

Answer

Side to Side

Question 2

The highest point on a transverse wave.

Accepted Answer

Crest

Answer

Trough

Answer

Particle

Answer

Medium

Question 3

The lowest point on a transverse wave.

Accepted Answer

Trough

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Crest

Answer

Wavelength

Question 4

Height of a wave

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Trough

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Peak

Question 5

Distance between two crests on a wave.

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wave Depth

Answer

Rarefaction

Question 6

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate up and down to the direction the wave is traveling.

Accepted Answer

Transverse Wave

Answer

Rarefaction

Answer

Ocean or Water Wabe

Answer

Longitudinal Wave

Question 7

The matter a wave moves through and vibrates = solid, liquid, or gas.

Accepted Answer

Medium

Answer

Rarefaction

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Amplitude

Question 8

A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth to the direction of the wave.

Accepted Answer

Longitudinal Wave

Answer

Ocean or Water Waves

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Transverse Waves

Question 9

The speed of a wave

Accepted Answer

Frequency

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Medium

Question 10

A section of a longitudinal wave where the particles are squeezed together.

Accepted Answer

Compression

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Rarefaction

Answer

Sound Wave

Question 11

Particles are spread apart from each other.

Accepted Answer

Rarefaction

Answer

Soundwave

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Compression

Question 12

How do particles in matter move when energy moves through it?

Accepted Answer

vibrate back and forth or up and down

Answer

Don't move in any direction

Answer

Move in the opposite direction of the wave

Answer

move in the direction of the wave

Question 13

Which of these is a Longitudinal Wave?

Accepted Answer

Sound Wave

Answer

Ocean Wave

Answer

Heat Wave

Answer

Light Wave

Question 14

Which of these is a Transverse Wave?

Accepted Answer

Flicking a Slinky up and down

Answer

Seismic P-waves

Answer

Sound waves

Answer

Heat waves

Question 15

Which of these is a transverse wave

Accepted Answer

Light

Answer

Sound Waves

Answer

Seismic P-waves

Answer

Heat waves

Question 16

Which of these is a longitudinal wave

Accepted Answer

Seismic p-waves

Answer

Ocean Waves

Answer

Heat Waves

Answer

Light Waves

Question 17

Which of these waves is both Transverse and Longitudinal

Accepted Answer

Ocean or water waves

Answer

Sound Waves

Answer

Heat Waves

Answer

Light Waves

Question 18

What direction do particles move in a transverse wave?

Accepted Answer

Up and Down

Answer

Side to Side

Answer

In a Circle

Question 19

What direction do particles move in a longitudinal wave?

Accepted Answer

side to side

Answer

up and down

Answer

in a circle

Question 20

What direction do particles move in an ocean or water wave?

Accepted Answer

In a circle

Answer

Up and Down

Answer

Side to Side

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