1. Write down all your GROUP MEMBER names. Number your papers 1-24.

2. Activity Instructions
You will start at your table number’s card set.
Look at the question # above each question and write in the correct place on your answer sheet.
You will have 45 seconds per question
Winning group gets candy!!! 

3. 1- What is the “stuff” a wave travels through?
medium

4. 2- What kind of wave carries energy through empty space?
Electromagnetic

5. 3- The particles in a medium bump into each other to pass ___________along.
Energy

6. 4- What is the medium for the sound waves that come from a musical instrument?
Air

7. 5- What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Sound

8. 6- What kind of wave causes the particles in the medium to move perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving?
transverse

9. 7- Describe the green wave compared to the blue wave (wavelength, amplitude, frequency)
Green wave has shorter wavelength
Green wave has smaller amplitude
Green wave has greater frequency

10. 8- What is an example of a transverse wave?
Light

11. 9- Type of waves that require a medium to transmit their energy
mechanical

12. 10- Frequency is measured in units called
Hertz

13. 11- A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.
wave

14. 12- The speed of a wave = wavelength x ???
frequency

15. 13- Waves with _________ amplitude have more energy.
Greater

16. 14- How do you find the wavelength of a longitudinal wave?
Measure from
compression to compression or
rarefaction to rarefaction.

17. 15- Which of these have a lower amplitude?

18. 16- What is the frequency if eight waves pass a point every four seconds?
2 Hz.

19. 17- Waves with _________ wavelength have more energy.
Shorter

20. 18- What is the speed of the wave below?
Wave speed = wavelength x frequency
Wavelength – 3 inches
Wave Speed =
24 inches/second
Frequency –
8 Hz.
(8 waves pass every second)

21. 19- The _______________ of a wave tells us the number of waves that are produced in a certain amount of time.
Frequency

22. 20- Which has a higher frequency?

23. 21- Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the wave is moving
longitudinal

24. 22- Which has a larger amplitude?

25. 23- Waves with _________ frequency have more energy.
Higher

26. 24- What is the word for the “empty space” that an electromagnetic wave can travel through?
Vacuum