Waves, Sound, Light Test (A) 2019-2020

High energy waves have a ____. 

• high frequency
• low frequency
• small amplitude
• big wavelength

What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?
• the substance through which a wave can travel
• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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What determines the amplitude of a wave?

• Amount of energy
• Speed of wave
• Wavelength
• Frequency

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When a wave travels from air to water, ________.

• the wave changes direction
• a new wave forms
• some of the wave's energy can be transferred to the matter

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

• compression

• rarefaction

• crest

• trough

What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?

• compressional waves
• mechanical waves
• transverse waves
• ultraviolet rays

Of the following, ________ have the greatest frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• ultraviolet rays
• gamma rays
• radio
• visible waves

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You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no

• matter
• light
• energy
• heat

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The longer the _____________  the ______________ the frequency.

• wavelength, lower
• wavelength, higher
• amplitude, lower
• amplitude, higher

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which material does sound travel the fastest?

• solid 
• liquid 
• gases

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