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Classify waves by medium motion and connect transverse and longitudinal waves to real examples.
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A wave travels to the right along the spring in the figure. Which classification fits the pattern shown?
The figure is a snapshot of a wave traveling to the right on a rope. How should the wave be classified?
A wave travels along the spring in the figure. Which statement best describes the medium's motion?
The figure shows a wave on a rope moving horizontally. Which description matches the figure?
The figure shows a wave on a spring. What kind of wave is shown?
The drawn rope wave travels to the right. What type of wave is it?
Use the figure of the spring wave. Which option correctly pairs the wave type with the feature shown?
A student sends the wave shown along a stretched cord. Which choice correctly classifies it?
The figure shows a spring wave moving horizontally. Which statement is correct?
Look at the drawn wave on the string. If the energy moves left to right, how do string particles move?
Which classification is supported by the spring figure?
The wave in the figure travels along a rope. What must be true for this to be a transverse wave?
A spring wave like the one drawn travels to the right. Which option gives the correct wave type and reason?
A wave travels right across the medium shown. Which classification is correct?
A seismic P wave squeezes and stretches rock along the direction the wave travels. Which wave carries energy in the same way?
A seismic S wave shakes rock perpendicular to the wave's travel direction. Which example matches that kind of motion?
Visible light is an electromagnetic wave with fields oscillating perpendicular to its direction of travel. Which wave is the same type?
A wave travels along a guitar string while each bit of string moves side to side. Which example carries energy the same way?
A speaker sends sound through air by making alternating high-pressure and low-pressure regions. Which example is most similar?
In a stadium wave, people stand and sit while the wave pattern travels around the stadium. Which example has the same transverse relationship?
A slinky is pushed and pulled along its length so compressions travel away from the hand. Which natural wave is most similar?
Microwaves used for communication are electromagnetic waves. Which example has the same transverse wave type?
A small cork on a pond bobs mainly up and down as a ripple moves across the surface. Which example matches that simplified motion?
A speaker cone creates compressions and rarefactions that travel through air. Which example carries energy in the same way?
An S wave from an earthquake is transverse. Which other wave is also transverse?
A student shakes the end of a coil spring sideways so a disturbance travels down the spring. Which wave example matches it?
A duck floats on a pond as a wave travels east. The duck bobs up and down and ends near the same reed. What does this show?
Dust specks in front of a loudspeaker move back and forth toward and away from the speaker as the sound passes. What does that indicate?
After a compression pulse passes through a slinky, the coils are again near their starting positions. What has the wave transported?
A voice signal appears as a sine-shaped trace on an oscilloscope. Why does that not make the sound wave transverse?
A ribbon tied to a rope moves up and down while a pulse travels to the right along the rope. What is the best conclusion?
Air molecules in a sound wave briefly crowd together, spread apart, and then continue oscillating near their original positions. What is the wave doing?
A wave travels north through a medium while the particles vibrate east and west. How should the wave be classified?
A wave travels north through a medium while the particles vibrate north and south. What type of wave is it?
In a transverse wave, what is the name of a highest point above the rest position?
In a transverse wave, what is the name of a lowest point below the rest position?
A coil spring is pushed in and out, and bands where the coils are packed tightly travel along it. What are those bands called?
A longitudinal wave in a spring includes bands where the coils are spread farther apart than usual. What are those bands called?
Which pair names the high and low features of a transverse wave?
Which pair names the crowded and spread-out regions of a longitudinal wave?
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