Waves

Question 1

Frequency

Answer 1

The number of cycles a wave completes in a day

Question 2

Period

Answer 2

The interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory

Question 3

Wavelength

Answer 3

The distance between one peak and the next on a wave

Question 4

Crest

Answer 4

The highest point of a wave

Question 5

Trough

Answer 5

A hollow between two crests in the sea

Question 6

Medium

Answer 6

The intervening substances through which impressions are conveyed

Question 7

Amplitude

Answer 7

Hight or strength of a wave

Question 8

Longitudinal wave

Answer 8

A wave that vibrates the same way it travels

Question 9

Electromagnetic wave

Answer 9

Waves that are propagated by simultaneous

Question 10

Transverse wave

Answer 10

A wave vibrating at a right angle

Question 11

Compression

Answer 11

The action of compressing or being compressed

Question 12

Rarefaction

Answer 12

Diminution in the density of something like gas or air

Question 13

Reflection

Answer 13

To strike a surface and bounce back in the opposite direction

Question 14

Refractions

Answer 14

The fact or phenomenon of light

Question 15

Diffraction

Answer 15

The process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or across an edge

Question 16

Example of a transverse waves

Answer 16

Water wave

Question 17

Example of a compressional waves

Answer 17

Sound waves

Question 18

Prism

Answer 18

A glass container filled with water and separates all the colors in white light