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1. What is a wave?
A disturbance that transfers energy · A stationary object · A type of particle · A force acting on an object
2. Which of the following is a characteristic of mechanical waves?
Require a medium to travel · Travel through vacuum · Are always longitudinal · Have constant speed in all media
3. What type of wave is a sound wave?
Transverse wave · Longitudinal wave · Surface wave · Electromagnetic wave
4. In a transverse wave, the particle displacement is:
Perpendicular to the direction of wave travel · Parallel to the direction of wave travel · In the same direction as the wave · In the opposite direction of the wave
5. The wavelength of a wave is defined as:
Distance between two consecutive crests · Distance between two consecutive troughs · Distance between two consecutive compressions · All of the above
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