Quiz  /  Properties of Waves

  • 1. 
    When graphing a wave, what does the horizontal axis usually represent?

  • Crest
  • Time or distance
  • Amplitude
  • Trough

  • 2. 
    What does the horizontal line through the center of the wave on a graph represent?

  • Rest position
  • Time or distance
  • Amplitude
  • Trough

  • 3. 
    When graphing a wave, what does the vertical axis usually represent?

  • Amplitude
  • Trough
  • Time or distance
  • Crest

  • 4. 
    What do we call the highest point of the wave on a graph?

  • Crest
  • Amplitude
  • Trough
  • Time or distance

  • 5. 
    What do we call the lowest point of the wave on a graph?

  • Crest
  • Time or distance
  • Amplitude
  • Trough

  • 6. 
    What wave measurement represents the number of times per second that the wave cycles?

  • Frequency
  • Wavelength
  • Amplitude
  • Period

  • 7. 
    What wave measurement would you find by measuring the distance between the crests of back-to-back wave cycles?

  • Frequency
  • Amplitude
  • Period
  • Wavelength

  • 8. 
    What wave measurement would you find by measuring the time between the crests of back-to-back wave cycles?

  • Amplitude
  • Frequency
  • Wavelength
  • Period

  • 9. 
    What wave measurement represents the strength or intensity of the wave?

  • Wavelength
  • Amplitude
  • Period
  • Frequency

  • 10. 
    What wave measurement represents how fast the disturbance of the wave is moving?

  • Period
  • Amplitude
  • Velocity
  • Wavelength
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