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This is an MCQ-based quiz on the topic of WAVE QUIZ: Transverse and longitudinal waves.
This set of MCQs helps you brush up on the important physics topics and prepare you to dive into skill practice and expand your knowledge.
Forces can cause waves by
Cancelling them out
Moving large amounts of matter
Creating disturbances
Providing a medium
Refractions happens when a wav
Strikes a barrier
Passes through a small opening
Meets another wave
Moves from one medium to another
Ronda put two speakers in her room. In one place, the sound was much quieter than in the rest of the room. What might cause this?
Constructive interference
Destructive interference
Diffraction
Reflection
A wave has a wave length of 20 m and a frequency of 4 wavelengths/s. What is the wave's speed?
5
16
24
80
At the beach, Paula measures how many wave crests reach the shore in a given time. She is finding the wave
Amplitude
Frequency
Speed
Wavelength
Amplitude is determined by the amount of _______ in the wave
Height
Light
Heat
Energy
A Longitudinal is also known as a ______ wave
Compression
Transverse
Sensible
None of the above
Matter in a transverse wave moves at what angle?
Right
Obtuse
Acute
Sharp
Electromagnetic waves are ______ waves
Longitudinal
Light
Surface
Transverse
What category of waves do Transverse and Longitudinal fall under?
Mechanical
Electromagnetic
Surface
Longitudinal
