Transverse and longitudinal waves
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- Q1What do we call the bouncing back of light when it hits a surface?ReflectionRefractionDiffractionTransmission30s
- Q2What do we call the phenomenon when light is absorbed by a material and converted into heat?RefractionTransmissionAbsorptionReflection30s
- Q3What do we call the colors that result when light is separated by a prism?AbsorptionSpectrumShadowReflection30s
- Q4What is the name of the property that describes how light changes speed when it moves from air into water?TransmissionDiffractionRefractionReflection30s
- Q5What do we call the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?ReflectionDiffractionTransmissionRefraction30s
- Q6What happens to light when it passes through a prism?It disappears completelyIt absorbs and turns into heatIt reflects and becomes brighterIt refracts and splits into a spectrum of colors30s
- Q7Which type of wave has particles that move up and down perpendicular to the direction the wave travels?surface wavetransverse wavelongitudinal wavestanding wave30s
- Q8Which of the following is an example of a transverse wave?light wavesound waveradio waveearthquake wave30s
- Q9What characteristic of a longitudinal wave refers to regions where particles are close together?crestrarefactioncompressiontrough30s
- Q10Which part of a transverse wave is the highest point called?troughwavelengthamplitudecrest30s
- Q11What is the term for the distance between two consecutive compressions in a longitudinal wave?frequencyamplitudewavelengthperiod30s
- Q12Which of the following waves requires a medium to travel through?light waveradio wavex-ray wavesound wave30s
- Q13What happens to the particles in a medium when a longitudinal wave passes through it?They move in a circular motion.They remain completely still.They move up and down vertically.They move back and forth in the direction of the wave.30s
- Q14Which of the following best describes the frequency of a wave?the speed of the wavethe height of the wavethe number of waves that pass a point in a given timethe distance between waves30s
- Q15What is created when a longitudinal wave travels through a medium?sound and lightcrests and troughsvibrations and echoescompressions and rarefactions30s