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Characteristics of Waves Quick Check
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Use the image below to answer the question.

Consider the waves in the image.



A photo shows the recording of seismic waves. Three vertical waves from left to right have irregular wave patterns with changing wavelength and amplitude. All three recordings are the same length horizontally but each one varies greatly vertically on the graph.
Which wave measure is changing by the greatest amount in the image?

(1 point)
Responses

wavelength
wavelength

frequency
frequency

amplitude
amplitude

speed
speed
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Answer 1

Based on your description of the seismic waves in the image, it sounds like the vertical axis represents the amplitude of the waves. If each wave has a varying height, this indicates that the amplitude is changing significantly. Therefore, the wave measure that is changing by the greatest amount in the image is:

**amplitude**