Wave Properties Quiz

A wave will travel only as long as it has ______ to carry.

When you squeeze together the coils of a spring and then release them, you are creating a ______ wave.

Waves in which the particles of the medium move only in the same direction as the motion of the wave are ______ waves.

Water waves are

Seismic waves are ___ waves.

You are creating a wave on a spring. If you start shaking the spring more slowly, the wavelength of the resulting wave will ___.

If you are lying on a raft, and you notice that the number of waves that go past the raft increases, you also find that the distance between each crest ___.

Wave A carries more energy than wave B. Wave B has a smaller ___ than wave A.

The energy a wave carries is measured by its

For a given wave, if the frequency doubles, the wavelength ___.