Question 1

What is a property of a wave that describes how high or low the wave is?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Speed

Question 2

What does the frequency of a wave measure?

Accepted Answer

The number of waves that pass a point in one second

Answer

The speed of the waves

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The height of the wave

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The distance between waves

Question 3

What term describes the distance between two consecutive peaks of a wave?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Speed

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Question 4

What is it called when a wave bends as it passes through a different medium?

Accepted Answer

Refraction

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Absorption

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Diffraction

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Reflection

Question 5

What happens to sound waves when they travel through water compared to air?

Accepted Answer

They travel faster in water

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They travel slower in water

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They travel at the same speed

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They cannot travel in water

Question 6

Which property of a wave tells us how quickly it travels?

Accepted Answer

Speed

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Amplitude

Question 7

What do we call the bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface?

Accepted Answer

Reflection

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Diffraction

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Transmission

Answer

Refraction

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a property of waves?

Accepted Answer

Color

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Question 9

What property of a wave determines how much energy it carries?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Speed

Answer

Frequency

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