What is the primary function of a wave?

To permanently move matter from one location to another.

To hold energy stationary within a medium.

To transport energy from one place to another.

To create new matter from energy.

A small boat is anchored in the middle of a lake. As a series of waves passes by, how will the boat move?

It will travel across the lake in the direction of the waves.

It will be pulled towards the source of the waves.

It will mostly bob up and down in its current location.

It will remain completely still as the waves pass under it.

A disturbance that causes matter to change its state permanently.

A disturbance that transfers energy without a net transport of matter.

A disturbance that moves both matter and energy together over a long distance.

A disturbance that converts all of a medium's matter into energy.