True or False: If a wave has a short wavelength, it also has a low frequency.
False
The highest point on a wave is called...
crest
The electromagnetic wave with the lowest frequency and longest wavelength is...
radio waves
As the wavelength increases, the frequency...
decreases
The amount of energy in a wave; the distance from the rest position to the highest point on a wave is called...
amplitude
Sound waves have the best quality when travelling through which medium?
solid
The distance from a crest of a wave to the next crest of a wave is called...
wavelength
List the waves in order from lowest frequency to highest frequency.
radio, micro, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma
What type of wave can cause sunburns and even skin cancer?
UV (ultraviolet)
Waves transfer...
energy
The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given unit of time.
frequency
What type of wave is a light wave: longitudinal or electromagnetic?
electromagnetic
The lowest point on a wave is called...
trough
Longitudinal or transverse?
transverse
The electromagnetic wave with the highest frequency and shortest wavelength is...
gamma
Wave frequency is measured in the unit of...
Hertz
What are the two types of waves?
longitudinal and transverse
Longitudinal or transverse?
longitudinal
True or false: Sound waves need to travel through a medium, or material.
True
The material a wave travels through is called...
medium
List the visible spectrum in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet
What type of wave is a sound wave: longitudinal or electromagnetic?
longitudinal