Lesson 1: Wave

Multiple Choice

Which statement about water waves is correct?

• A. They move both energy and matter.

• B. They move rafts across a pool.

• C. They transfer energy but leave matter in place.

• D. They only form in deep oceans.

Multiple Choice

What is the primary function of a wave?

• A. Transfer matter from one place to another
  

• B. Transfer energy without moving matter

• C. Create sound in all materials

• D. Only move in straight lines

Multiple Choice

What type of wave requires a medium to travel through?

• A. Electromagnetic wave

• B. Light wave

• C. Mechanical wave

• D. Gamma ray

Multiple Choice

What is a medium in wave motion?

• A machine that creates waves

• A person transmitting a message

• A material through which a mechanical wave travels

• A force that stops wave motion

Multiple Choice

What direction do particles move in a transverse wave?

• Circular motion

• Parallel to wave direction

• Perpendicular to wave direction

• 
  Random directions

Multiple Choice

Sound waves are ALWAYS what type of wave?

• Transverse
• Longitudinal 
• Depends 
• always different

Multiple Choice

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel

• mechanical wave
• chemical wave
• electromagnetic wave
• pitch

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?

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

Multiple Choice

What are compression and rarefaction in longitudinal waves?

• Regions of high and low pressure
• Amplitude and wavelength
• Crest and trough
• Oscillation and propagation

Multiple Choice

What are the characteristics of mechanical waves?

• They are transverse waves
• They require a medium to propagate
• They are electromagnetic waves
• They can travel through a vacuum

Multiple Choice

What is the role of vibration in mechanical waves?

• A. They stop wave motion

• B. They are the sources of wave energy

• C. They slow down electromagnetic waves

• 
  D. They remove energy from waves

Multiple Choice

What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?

• Compressions and rarefactions
• Crests and troughs
• Compressions and crests
• Rarefactions and troughs

Multiple Choice

What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?

• compression
• rarefaction
• crest
• trough

Multiple Choice

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

• rarefaction
• compression
• crest
• trough

Multiple Choice

In longitudinal waves, the parts where the coils are spread apart (B) are called what?

• rarefactions

• compressions

• wavelengths

• longitudes

Multiple Choice

In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the coils are close together (A) are called what?

• longitudes

• rarefactions

• compressions

• wavelengths

Multiple Choice

This are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth.

• Ocean Waves

• Seismic Waves

• Tsunami

• Electromagnetic Waves

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about seismic waves?

• Seismic waves can travel through surface and inner layers of the earth.

• Seismic waves are waves of energy that radiates during earthquake.

• Seismic waves provide information about the interior structure of the earth.

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Multiple Choice

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

• high, low
• high, high
• low, high
• low, low

Multiple Choice

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the lowest frequency/energy

• Gamma Rays
• Radio Waves
• Visible Light
• Infrared rays

Multiple Choice

Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency/most energy

• Radio waves
• Ultraviolet Rays
• Gamma Rays
• X-rays

Multiple Choice

As the frequency of an electromagnetic wave increases, the amount of energy in that wave...

• increases.
• decreases.
• stays the same.

Multiple Choice

Which electromagnetic waves are used in ovens and cell phone communications?

• Infrared rays
• ultraviolet rays
• microwaves

Multiple Choice

Which type of waves are used in broadcasting?

• radio waves
• infrared rays
• x-rays

Multiple Choice

Which electromagnetic waves allow us to diagnose & treat cancer?

• Gamma rays
• X-rays
• Ultraviolet rays