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What is a traveling wave?
What is a traveling wave?
A wave in which the entire waveform moves in one direction.
What is a standing wave?
What is a standing wave?
A pair of superimposed periodic waves traveling in opposite directions.
How are mechanical waves described?
How are mechanical waves described?
As local deformations (strain) in a physical medium that propagate from particle to particle.
Give an example of a mechanical wave.
Give an example of a mechanical wave.
What sustains the propagation of an electromagnetic wave?
What sustains the propagation of an electromagnetic wave?
What is the setting of the novel The Wave?
What is the setting of the novel The Wave?
Who is the main character in The Wave?
Who is the main character in The Wave?
What experiment does Mr. Ross initiate in The Wave?
What experiment does Mr. Ross initiate in The Wave?
What is the slogan used in the experiment conducted by Mr. Ross?
What is the slogan used in the experiment conducted by Mr. Ross?
What does Mr. Ross hope to answer through the experiment?
What does Mr. Ross hope to answer through the experiment?
What historical event is Mr. Ross trying to help his students understand through the experiment?
What historical event is Mr. Ross trying to help his students understand through the experiment?
In what year and at which high school does the novel take place?
In what year and at which high school does the novel take place?
What is the main focus of the plot in The Wave?
What is the main focus of the plot in The Wave?
What is the slogan used by Mr. Ross in the experiment?
What is the slogan used by Mr. Ross in the experiment?
Why does Mr. Ross initiate the experiment called The Wave?
Why does Mr. Ross initiate the experiment called The Wave?
