Physics Waves Quiz

False (B)

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<p>wavelength</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transverse Waves = Particles move perpendicular to the wave direction Longitudinal Waves = Particles move parallel to the wave direction</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Steel (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is refracted and separated into its component colors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>300,000</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reflection = Light bounces off a surface at the same angle it hits. Refraction = Light bends while passing through different media. Diffraction = Light spreads out after passing through a small opening. Absorption = Light energy is taken in by materials and converted to heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Light waves do not require a medium for propagation. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sound or water waves</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medium Required = Mechanical Waves Can travel through a vacuum = Light Waves Examples include sound and water waves = Mechanical Waves Examples include visible light and radio waves = Light Waves</p> Signup and view all the answers

A disturbance that transfers energy but not matter.

A wave that needs a medium (solid, liquid, or gas) to travel.

Particles move perpendicular to the wave direction.

Distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs of a wave.

When two waves combine, either adding up (constructive) or canceling each other (destructive).

Needs a solid, liquid, or gas to travel through.

Can travel through empty space (vacuum).

Fastest in a vacuum.

Speed depends on the material it travels through.

Visible light, X-rays, radio waves.

Sound travels faster in solids than liquids, and faster in liquids than gases.

Light travels at approximately 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum.

Light acts like both a wave (reflection, etc.) and a particle (photons).

Light bounces off a surface. Angle in equals angle out.

Light bends when it changes mediums (e.g., air to water).