Waves

Question 1

What do waves carry from place to place?

Answer 1

Energy

Question 2

What type of wave do particles run parallel to the direction of the wave?

Answer 2

Longitudinal wave

Question 3

What type of wave do particles run perpendicular to the direction of the wave?

Answer 3

Transverse wave

Question 4

What is a bending of a wave from medium to medium?

Answer 4

Refraction

Question 5

What is a bending of a wave around an obstacle?

Answer 5

Diffraction

Question 6

What is a bouncing of a wave off an object?

Answer 6

Reflection

Question 7

What allows waves to move in all directions away from the focus?

Answer 7

Vibrations

Question 8

What is the point IN Earth where the earthquake starts?

Answer 8

Focus

Question 9

What is the point ON Earth where the earthquake starts?

Answer 9

Epicenter

Question 10

What type of boundaries could have deeper earthquakes?

Answer 10

Convergent

Question 11

What type of seismic wave is the fastest?

Answer 11

Primary wave

Question 12

What type of wave can travel through all layers of the Earth?

Answer 12

Primary wave

Question 13

What type of wave cannot travel through the inner core?

Answer 13

Secondary wave

Question 14

What type of wave does the most damage to Earth’s surface?

Answer 14

Surface wave

Question 15

What is an instrument used to record earthquakes?

Answer 15

Seismograph

Question 16

What is the difference in arrival time of the P-wave and S-wave?

Answer 16

Lag time

Question 17

How many seismic stations are needed to find the location of the epicenter?

Answer 17

Three

Question 18

How could you draw a primary wave?

Answer 18

slinky

Question 19

How could you draw a secondary wave?

Answer 19

jump rope