waves

Question 1

What is the definition of a wave?

Answer 1

A wave is a disturbance that carries energy through a medium or space.

Question 2

True or False: Waves transfer matter from one place to another.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What is the highest point of a wave called?

Answer 3

Crest

Question 4

What is the lowest point of a wave called?

Answer 4

Trough

Question 5

What is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs of a wave called?

Answer 5

Wavelength

Question 6

What is the number of waves that pass a point in one second called?

Answer 6

Frequency

Question 7

What is the time it takes for one complete wave cycle to pass a point called?

Answer 7

Period

Question 8

What is the height of a wave from the midpoint to the crest or trough called?

Answer 8

Amplitude

Question 9

What type of waves require a medium to travel through?

Answer 9

Mechanical waves

Question 10

What type of waves do not require a medium and can travel through a vacuum?

Answer 10

Electromagnetic waves

Question 11

What is the bending of waves around obstacles and openings called?

Answer 11

Diffraction

Question 12

What is the bouncing back of waves when they meet a boundary called?

Answer 12

Reflection

Question 13

What is the change in direction of waves when they pass from one medium to another called?

Answer 13

Refraction

Question 14

What is the interference of two or more waves resulting in a new wave pattern called?

Answer 14

Wave interference

Question 15

What is the combination of two waves to form a single wave with a larger amplitude called?

Answer 15

Wave superposition

Question 16

What is the process of absorbing and reemitting light in all directions called?

Answer 16

Scattering

Question 17

What is the property of waves to change direction when passing from one medium to another called?

Answer 17

Refractive index

Question 18

What is the rate at which waves carry energy called?

Answer 18

Wave speed

Question 19

What is the maximum displacement of a particle from its equilibrium position due to a wave called?

Answer 19

Displacement

Question 20

What is the process of waves bouncing back after hitting a surface called?

Answer 20

Reflection

Question 21

What is the change in wave direction due to a change in medium called?

Answer 21

Refraction

Question 22

What is the bending of waves around obstacles called?

Answer 22

Diffraction

Question 23

What is the combination of waves to form a new wave pattern called?

Answer 23

Interference

Question 24

What is the distance between two consecutive points that are in phase called?

Answer 24

Wavelength