Properties of Waves

Properties of Waves

What are the properties of a wave?

Multiple Choice

Which refers to any disturbance that carries energy from one place to another through matter and space?

• frequency

• wave

• hertz

• pitch

Multiple Choice

Which refers to the distance between two crests or two troughs on a transverse wave?

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

• hertz

Multiple Choice

Which describes the amplitude of a wave when it carries more energy?

• It is higher.

• It is lower.

• It is darker.

• It is lighter.

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the relationship between the terms “frequency,” “wavelength,” and “hertz”?

• Wavelength is the number of frequencies, which is measured in hertz.

• Frequency is the number of wavelengths, which is measured in hertz.

• Wavelength is measured from frequency to hertz.

• Frequency is measured from wavelength to hertz.

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice provides the best set of labels for Wave A and Wave B?

• Wave A: Longitudinal Wave

  Wave B: Transverse Wave

• Wave A: High Frequency Wave

  Wave B: Low Frequency Wave

• Wave A: Transverse Wave

  Wave B: Longitudinal Wave

• Wave A: Low Frequency Wave

  Wave B: High Frequency Wave

Multiple Choice

Julia performs an experiment to measure the wavelength of four different waves and records her data in the table below.

Which accurately ranks the waves from the lowest energy wave to the highest energy wave?

• 1 → 4 → 3 → 2

• 2 → 3 → 4 → 1

• 3 → 2 → 4 → 1

• 1 → 4 → 2 → 3

Multiple Choice

A wave is traveling at 36 m/s. If its wavelength is 12 m, how many times does a wavelength move across a set point every second?

• one time

• three times

• twelve times

• thirty-six times

Multiple Choice

Marco is conducting an experiment. He knows the wave that he is working with has a wavelength of 32.4 cm. If he measures the frequency as 3 hertz, which statement about the wave is accurate?

• The wave has traveled 32.4 cm in 3 seconds.

• The wave has traveled 32.4 cm in 9 seconds.

• The wave has traveled 97.2 cm in 3 seconds.

• The wave has traveled 97.2 cm in 1 second.

Multiple Choice

This chart shows characteristics of three different waves, all with the same wavelength of 10 m but moving at different frequencies.

Which statement is best supported by the information in the chart?

• Wave Y is moving the fastest.

• Wave X is moving the fastest.

• All of the waves are moving at the same speed.

• All of the waves have the same value of wavelengths per second.

Multiple Choice

What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 2 Hz and a wavelength of 87 m?

• 0.023 m/s

• 43.5 m/s

• 89 m/s

• 174 m/s

Multiple Choice

A wave of infrared light has a speed of 6 m/s and a wavelength of 12 m. What is the frequency of this wave?

• 0.5 Hz

• 2.0 Hz

• 18 Hz

• 72 Hz

Multiple Choice

Aansi wants energy on a sound wave to be carried more quickly through a metal medium. Which could she do?

• decrease the temperature

• increase the temperature

• use a gas medium instead

• use a liquid medium instead

Multiple Choice

Which are examples of a medium?

• water and air

• amplitude and wavelength

• crests and troughs

• compressions and rarefactions

Multiple Choice

What will most likely happen if a sound wave moves from the air through a solid?

• It will increase in wavelength.

• It will decrease in speed.

• It will increase in speed.

• It will decrease in wavelength.

Multiple Choice

A beam of light is traveling through a medium at 200,000 km/s. It enters a different medium and speeds up to almost 250,000 km/s. Finally, it enters a third medium and halts.

What were the media the light traveled through, in order?

• liquid, opaque solid, gas

• opaque solid, gas, liquid

• gas, liquid, opaque solid

• liquid, gas, opaque solid