Test+questions+Vibrations+and+Waves

Questions:
 * A repeating, back-and-forth motion about an equilibrium position is a
 * a. Vibration b. Wave c. Frequency d. Teleporter
 * A.
 * A vibration canot exist in _ instant/s
 * a. Multiple b. No c. One d. Two
 * C.
 * A disturbance that is transmitted progressively from one place to the next with no actual transport of matter is a
 * a. Vibration b. Wave c. Frequency d. This one doesn't matter
 * B.
 * Light and sound are both _ of energy that move through space as waves
 * a. Links b. Forms c. Modes d. types
 * B.
 * Long pendulum = period
 * a. Shorter b. Longer
 * B.
 * The back and forth vibratory motion of a pendulum is called
 * a. Swinging b. loop de loop c. Simple harmonic motion d. complex harmonic motion
 * C.
 * If the pendulum is suspended above a moving conveyor belt with a writing device on the bottom of the pendulum, it will sketch a
 * a. Sine curve b. straight line c. Your name d. a scribble e. nothing
 * A.
 * Like a water wave, the high points of a wave are called the
 * a. Tip b. Crest c. Weight d. Troughs
 * B.
 * he low points of the wave are called the
 * a. Base b. Crest c. Weight d. Troughs
 * D.
 * The line the middle is called the _____________ of the vibration
 * a. Middle line b. Midpoint c. Midsegment
 * B.
 * ...the distance from the midpoint to the crest (or trough)
 * a. Amplitude b. Awesometude c. Wave length d. Frequency
 * A.
 * ...the distance from top of one crest to top of the next (or from trough to trough)
 * a. Amplitude b. Awesometude c. Wave length d. Frequency
 * C.
 * ... the number of vibrations an object in a specified unit of time
 * a. Amplitude b. Awesometude c. Wave length d. Frequency
 * D.
 * A complete back and forth vibration is one
 * a. Circle b. Line d. Cycle c.
 * D.
 * The unit for frequency is the
 * a. Hertz b. Watts c. Grams d. Decibels
 * A.
 * ... energy that travels to our ears in form of a wave
 * a. Light b. Sound c. Wave d. Frequency
 * B.
 * ...energy that travels to our eyes in the form of a different kind of wave (electromagnetic)
 * a. Light b. Sound c. Wave d. Frequency
 * A.
 * Whenever the motion of the medium is at right angles to the direction in which a wave travels, the wave is a
 * a. Slow wave b. Transgender wave c. Transverse wave d. Longitudinal wave
 * C.
 * When the particles oscillate parellel to or along the direction of the wave rather than at right angels to it, the wave is
 * a. Slow wave b. Transgender wave c. Transverse wave d. Longitudinal wave
 * D.
 * ...when the crest of one wave overlaps the crest of another wave and their individual effects add together
 * a. Constructive interference b. Destructive interference
 * A.
 * ...when the crest of one wave overlaps with the trough of another, so their effects are reduced, sometimes canceled
 * a. Constructive interference b. Destructive interference
 * B.
 * A _______ wave is one where the wave appears to stay in place, not to move through the medium
 * a. Long b. Small C. Standing d. Low
 * C.
 * ...the part of standing wave that remains stationary
 * a. Node b. Wave c. Nose d. Prode
 * A.
 * In between the nodes are the areas with the largest amplitude
 * a. Waves b. Frequencys c. Dopplerss d. Antinodes
 * D.