Quizizz Copy of Topic 5: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

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What is a wave?

• A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

• A solid object

• A type of sound

• A form of light.

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Which type of wave needs matter to move through?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Light

• Sound

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Electromagnetic waves can travel through a _______.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Vacuum

• Gas

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Which of the following is an example of a mechanical wave?

• X-rays

• Visible light

• Water waves

• Microwaves

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What is the direction of travel for a transverse wave?

• A) Parallel to the source's motion

• B) Perpendicular to the source's motion

• C) Circular around the source

• D) None of the above

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Fill in the blank: The high point of a transverse wave is called the ______.

• A) Trough

• B) Crest

• C) Amplitude

• D) Resting Position

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Which of the following is an example of a transverse wave?

• Sound waves

• Water waves

• Seismic waves

• Radio waves

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What is the amplitude of a transverse wave?

• The distance between two crests

• The distance between the highest crest and the resting position

• The distance between two troughs

• The distance from crest to trough.

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What is the direction of travel for a longitudinal wave?

• Opposite to the vibrations

• Same as the vibrations

• Perpendicular to the vibrations

• Circular

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Which of the following is a part of a transverse wave where particles are pushed together?

• Compression

• Rarefaction

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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Sound waves are an example of which type of wave?

• Transverse wave

• Longitudinal wave

• Surface wave

• Electromagnetic wave

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What are combinations of transverse and longitudinal waves called?

• Surface waves

• Ocean waves

• Sound waves

• Light waves

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An example of surface waves is an _________.

• ocean wave

• sound wave

• light wave

• seismic wave

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How does water move in surface waves?

• Up and down

• Side to side

• In a circle

• In a straight line

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In which direction does the water move slightly in surface waves?

• Opposite to the wave

• In the direction of the wave

• Perpendicular to the wave

• Randomly

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What is the distance a wave travels before it starts to repeat called?

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Speed

• Amplitude

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The number of times a wave repeats in a given amount of time is known as ____.

• Speed

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Amplitude

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Which of the following is measured in Hertz?

• Speed

• Frequency

• Wavelength

• Amplitude

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To calculate a wave's speed, you multiply the wavelength by the ____.

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Time

• Distance

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What is directly proportional to a wave's energy?

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Speed

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If the frequency of a wave doubles, what happens to the energy?

• It halves

• It doubles

• It triples

• It remains the same.

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A wave's energy is also proportional to the square of its ______.

• Frequency

• Amplitude

• Wavelength

• Speed

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If you shake a rope to make waves and move your hand 3X as high, the energy increases by how much?

• A) 3

• B) 6

• C) 9

• D) 12

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What is the law of reflection?

• The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.

• The angle of incidence is greater than the angle of reflection.

• The angle of incidence is less than the angle of reflection.

• The angle of incidence is unrelated to the angle of reflection.

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Refraction occurs because of a change in wave speed due to a change in ______.

• color

• temperature or density

• frequency

• amplitude

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What is diffraction?

• The bending of light due to a change in speed.

• The energy of a wave transferred to a material.

• The bending of waves around a barrier.

• The reflection of waves off a surface.

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Absorption involves the transfer of wave energy to the material it encounters. True or False?

• True

• False

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What is wave interference?

• When two waves cancel each other out

• When two waves combine to form a changed wave

• When a single wave splits into two

• When waves travel in opposite directions.

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In constructive interference, two waves of similar sizes collide and form a wave with an amplitude ______ than either of the original waves.

• smaller

• equal

• greater

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Which of the following is true about destructive interference?

• Two waves combine to form a wave with a larger amplitude

• The crest of one wave overlaps the trough of another wave

• Two crests overlap to form a higher crest

• Two troughs overlap to form a deeper trough.

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If the crest and trough have equal amplitudes in destructive interference, what happens?

• They amplify each other

• They cancel out completely

• They form a new wave

• They travel in opposite directions.

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What is a standing wave?

• A wave that travels in one direction

• A wave that appears to stand in one place

• A wave that disappears

• A wave that changes direction.

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Nodes are points of _______ interference between two colliding waves.

• Constructive

• Destructive

• Neutral

• Positive

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What are antinodes?

• Points of minimum amplitude

• Points of maximum amplitude

• Points of zero amplitude

• Points of negative amplitude.

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Antinodes always occur _______ between two nodes.

• at the start

• halfway

• at the end

• randomly

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What is a natural frequency of vibration?

• A frequency that is always changing

• A frequency at which an object naturally vibrates

• A frequency that is artificially created

• A frequency that cannot be measured.

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Standing waves occur in an object when it vibrates at one of its ________.

• artificial frequencies

• natural frequencies

• random frequencies

• external frequencies

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What happens when a nearby object vibrates at the same frequency as another object?

• It causes resonance

• It stops vibrating

• It changes color

• It breaks apart.

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Resonance is an increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object's ________.

• artificial frequency

• natural frequency

• random frequency

• external frequency

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What type of waves are sound waves?

• Electromagnetic

• Mechanical

• Transverse

• None of the above

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Sound waves require a medium through which to travel. True or False?

• True

• False

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Sound waves travel in the same direction as the _______ that produce them.

• Light

• Vibrations

• Heat

• Pressure

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Which of the following is a characteristic of sound waves?

• They have compressions and rarefactions

• They are visible

• They do not require a medium

• They are static.

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What are sound waves that pass through a surface called?

• Reflected waves

• Transmitted waves

• Absorbed waves

• Diffracted waves

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Sound waves that bounce off a surface are called ______.

• Transmitted waves

• Reflected waves

• Absorbed waves

• Diffracted waves

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Which process describes sound waves striking a surface and quickly losing energy?

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Transmission

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Sound waves are able to bend around the edges of an opening. This property is known as ______.

• Reflection

• Absorption

• Diffraction

• Transmission

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Which material allows sound waves to travel the fastest?

• Gases

• Liquids

• Solids

• Plasma

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Sound waves travel fastest in stiff solids like _______.

• Wood

• Metals

• Water

• Air

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What happens to the speed of sound in fluids when the temperature increases?

• A) It decreases

• B) It remains the same

• C) It increases

• D) It fluctuates.

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Density affects the speed of sound because:

• A) Denser materials have less inertia

• B) Denser materials have greater inertia

• C) Denser materials are easier to compress

• D) Denser materials are lighter.

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What does loudness describe?

• A) The pitch of a sound

• B) Your awareness of the energy of a sound

• C) The speed of sound

• D) The frequency of sound.

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How does increased energy affect sound intensity?

• Decreases intensity

• Increases intensity

• No effect

• Changes frequency

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Loudness can be measured by a unit called a ______.

• Hertz

• Decibel

• Watt

• Newton

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As the sound wave moves away from the source, what happens to the intensity?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Doubles

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What does the pitch of a sound refer to?

• The speed of sound

• How high or low the sound seems

• The volume of sound

• The duration of sound.

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Pitch depends on the _______ of the sound waves.

• amplitude

• frequency

• speed

• wavelength

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The frequency of a sound wave depends upon how fast the source of the sound is _______.

• moving

• vibrating

• echoing

• amplifying

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When vocal cords vibrate more quickly, they produce _______.

• lower frequency sound waves with lower pitches

• higher frequency sound waves with higher pitches

• no sound

• constant frequency sound waves.

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What is the Doppler Effect?

• A) A change in frequency perceived as a change in pitch

• B) A change in color perceived as a change in brightness

• C) A change in temperature perceived as a change in heat

• D) A change in speed perceived as a change in velocity.

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The Doppler Effect is a change in _______ of the sound wave in relation to an observer.

• amplitude

• frequency

• wavelength

• speed

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Which of the following statements is true about the Doppler Effect?

• It is related to changes in light intensity

• It is related to changes in sound frequency

• It is related to changes in magnetic fields

• It is related to changes in electrical resistance.

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What are electromagnetic waves made up of?

• A) Electric fields only

• B) Magnetic fields only

• C) Vibrating electric and magnetic fields

• D) None of the above.

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Electromagnetic waves can move through space at the speed of ______.

• Sound

• Light

• Water

• Wind

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The energy transferred by electromagnetic waves is called ______.

• Kinetic energy

• Electromagnetic radiation

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

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Why do electromagnetic waves not need a medium?

• They are too slow

• They are caused by a source of electric and magnetic fields

• They are too fast

• They are solid.

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What does the Wave Model suggest about the origin of a light wave?

• It originates from a disturbance of a charged particle.

• It originates from a disturbance of a neutral particle.

• It originates from a disturbance of a magnetic field.

• It originates from a disturbance of a gravitational field.

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According to the Particle Model, what effect is observed when high-frequency light shines on metals?

• Photoelectric effect

• Magnetic effect

• Gravitational effect

• Thermal effect

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In the Wave Model, the disturbance results in vibrating electric and magnetic fields, which are ______ to each other.

• A) parallel

• B) perpendicular

• C) opposite

• D) identical

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The Particle Model describes light as a stream of tiny packets called ______.

• electrons

• protons

• photons

• neutrons

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Electromagnetic waves are divided into categories based on their ________ or frequencies.

• A) speeds

• B) wavelengths

• C) amplitudes

• D) energies

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All electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed in a vacuum, but they have different ________.

• speeds

• wavelengths and frequencies

• amplitudes

• energies

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If a wave has a high frequency, it has a ________ wavelength.

• long

• short

• variable

• constant

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Waves with the shortest wavelengths have the ________ frequencies.

• lowest

• highest

• same

• variable

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Which of the following waves has the longest wavelength?

• Gamma rays

• X rays

• Radio waves

• Ultraviolet

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Fill in the blank: The frequency of microwaves is approximately ______ Hz.

• $$10^2$$

• $$10^4$$

• $$10^8$$

• $$10^{12}$$

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What is the range of visible light in the electromagnetic spectrum?

• $$4 x 10^{14} Hz$$ to $$7 x 10^{14} Hz$$

• $$10^{10} Hz$$ to $$10^{12} Hz$$

• 10^{16} Hz to 10^{18} Hz

• $$10^{22} Hz$$ to $$10^{24} Hz$$

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Which type of electromagnetic wave has the highest frequency?

• A) Radio waves

• B) Infrared

• C) Gamma rays

• D) Microwaves

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Which type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelengths and the lowest frequencies?

• Microwaves

• Infrared Rays

• Radio Waves

• Ultraviolet Rays

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Microwaves are used in _______ and radar.

• mobile phones

• microwave ovens

• infrared cameras

• electric stoves

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What is the invisible heat you feel when you turn on an electric stove?

• Radio Waves

• Microwaves

• Infrared Rays

• Ultraviolet Rays

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Which of the following is used in mobile phones?

• Infrared Rays

• Microwaves

• Radio Waves

• X-rays

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Which type of electromagnetic wave can be seen by the human eye?

• Ultraviolet Rays

• X-Rays

• Visible Light

• Gamma Rays

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Ultraviolet rays have higher frequencies than ________, so they carry more energy.

• X-Rays

• Visible Light

• Gamma Rays

• Infrared Rays

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What is a beneficial use of gamma rays despite their danger?

• Cooking food

• Cancer treatment

• Communication

• Heating homes

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X-Rays are useful to see inside bodies because ________ absorbs the rays more than other parts.

• Skin

• Muscle

• Bone

• Fat

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Which type of material transmits most of the light that strikes it?

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

• Reflective

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A material that scatters the light that passes through it is called ______.

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Opaque

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Which of the following is an example of an opaque material?

• Glass

• Wax paper

• Wood

• Plastic wrap

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You can see through ______ materials.

• Opaque

• Translucent

• Transparent

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What is the color of an opaque object?

• The color it absorbs

• The color of light it reflects

• The color of light it emits

• The color of light it refracts.

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Objects that aren’t one of the basic colors (ROYGBIV) reflect more than one color of light.

• True

• False

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If an object appears black, it ______ all colors.

• reflects

• absorbs

• refracts

• emits

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What is the color of transparent or translucent objects?

• The color of light that passes through them

• The color of light they reflect

• The color of light they absorb

• The color of light they emit.

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What occurs when parallel rays of light bounce off a surface?

• Refraction

• Reflection

• Diffusion

• Absorption

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Regular reflection occurs when parallel rays of light hit a ______ surface.

• rough

• smooth

• transparent

• opaque

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In regular reflection, the rays all reflect at the same ______.

• speed

• angle

• frequency

• wavelength

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Diffuse reflection occurs when parallel rays of light hit an uneven surface. What happens to the rays?

• They reflect at the same angle

• They hit the surface at different angles

• They are absorbed

• They pass through the surface.

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Which type of mirror is also known as a flat mirror?

• Convex Mirror

• Concave Mirror

• Plane Mirror

• None of the above

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A convex mirror curves ______.

• inward

• outward

• sideways

• none of the above

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What is the nature of the image formed by a plane mirror?

• Real

• Virtual

• Enlarged

• Diminished

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In a concave mirror, where is the focal point located?

• On the reflective side

• Behind the mirror

• In front of the mirror

• None of the above

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What type of image does a convex lens produce when the object is between the lens and the focal point?

• Real and smaller

• Virtual and larger

• Real and larger

• Virtual and smaller

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A concave lens is thinner at the center than at the edges. True or False?

• True

• False

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Fill in the blank: A concave lens causes light rays to bend ______ from the optical axis.

• A) towards

• B) away

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Which of the following statements is true about real images formed by convex lenses?

• They are always larger than the object.

• They can be larger, smaller, or the same size as the object.

• They are always smaller than the object.

• They are always the same size as the object.