Medical Physics: Waves, Optics, and Electricity Quiz

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What type of waves are sound waves?

Matter waves

Mechanical waves (correct)

Transverse waves

Electromagnetic waves

In which direction do the particles of the medium vibrate in a longitudinal wave?

Perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation

Opposite to the direction of wave propagation

In a random manner

In the direction of wave propagation (correct)

What is the medium through which sound waves cannot travel?

Gases

Vacuum (correct)

Solids

Liquids

What property of a vibrating source determines the frequency of sound produced?

Frequency of vibrating source Signup and view all the answers

What does wavelength represent in a wave?

The length of one cycle or the distance between two adjacent identical points in the wave Signup and view all the answers

What type of waves are sound waves?

Mechanical waves Signup and view all the answers

In which direction do the particles of the medium vibrate in a longitudinal wave?

In the same direction as the wave propagation Signup and view all the answers

What is the medium through which sound waves cannot travel?

Vacuum Signup and view all the answers

What property of a vibrating source determines the frequency of sound produced?

Frequency of vibration Signup and view all the answers

What is the length between two adjacent identical points in a wave called?

Wavelength Signup and view all the answers

Medical Physics: Waves, Optics, and Electricity Quiz

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What type of waves are sound waves?

In which direction do the particles of the medium vibrate in a longitudinal wave?

What is the medium through which sound waves cannot travel?

What property of a vibrating source determines the frequency of sound produced?

What does wavelength represent in a wave?

What type of waves are sound waves?

In which direction do the particles of the medium vibrate in a longitudinal wave?

What is the medium through which sound waves cannot travel?

What property of a vibrating source determines the frequency of sound produced?

What is the length between two adjacent identical points in a wave called?

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