Properties of Waves

Multiple Choice

What do all waves transfer?

• Matter

• Heat

• Electricity

• Energy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can waves transfer energy through?

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• empty space

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Which picture below shows the location of amplitude?

Multiple Choice

What is the number of complete waves passing a fixed point in a given amount of time?

• Amplitude

• Intensity

• Wavelength

• Frequency

Multiple Choice

What is the frequency of this wave? You must count the number of complete waves.

• 1 Hz

• 5 Hz

• 10 Hz

Multiple Choice

The lowest part of a wave.

• Wave

• Amplitude

• Wave Crest

• Wave Trough

• Wave Height

Multiple Choice

distance between two consecutive wave crests or between two consecutive wave troughs.

• Wave

• Amplitude

• Wave Length

• Wave Trough

• Wave Height

Multiple Choice

What kind of wave is pictured below?

• compressional wave
• transverse wave
• sound wave
• mechanical wave

Multiple Choice

What type of wave is pictured?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Wave, what wave?

• Slinky wave

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?

• Up and down
• Back and forth
• In zigzags
• Linear

Multiple Choice

What type of waves are these?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

Multiple Choice

Which is true about a surface wave?

• It only has properties of transverse waves.
• It only has properties of longitudinal waves.
• has neither properties of transverse or longitudinal waves.
• It has properties of both transverse and longitudinal waves.

Multiple Choice

Wavelengths are usually measured in ....

• seconds

• Hz

• inches

• meters

Multiple Choice

What is the distance between the calm sea and the highest wave called?

• Wave

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Magnitude

Multiple Choice

What does #1 represent?

• Period

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

Multiple Choice

What does #2 represent?

• Period

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

Multiple Choice

What does #3 represent?

• Period

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

Multiple Choice

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?

• A

• B & D

• B & F

• F

Multiple Choice

What is reflection?

• A wave bouncing off of a surface with some energy lost

• A wave bouncing off of a surface with most of its energy lost

• A wave bouncing off of a surface with no energy lost

• A wave behind is absorbed into a surface.

Multiple Choice

Objects that absorb any wavelength of electromagnetic radiation become _____________ and convert the absorbed energy to infrared radiation.

• cooler

• warmer

• absorbed

• stronger

Multiple Choice

Which wave behavior occurs when waves pass through a medium or the vacuum of space?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Transmission