Quiz about Types of Waves

Question 1

What type of wave is this?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

Question 2

What type of wave is this?

Accepted Answer

Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Mechancial

Question 3

What type of wave is sound?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

Question 4

Which type of wave can travel through mass and a vacuum?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Electromagnetic and Mechanical

Question 5

Which type of wave has to have mass in order to travel?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Both Electromagnetic and Mechanical

Question 6

Which type of wave is an ocean wave?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Electromagnetic

Question 7

What type of wave is an X ray?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Mechanical

Question 8

Which of the following waves do you think are emitted by the sun?

Accepted Answer

UV ray, infrared ray, and microwaves

Answer

X ray, gamma ray, and sound wave

Answer

UV ray, sound wave, and infrared ray

Answer

light waves, infrared waves, sound waves

Question 9

What type of wave is light?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic

Answer

Mechanical

Question 10

What is a wave?

Accepted Answer

energy

Answer

mass

Answer

weight

Answer

force

Question 11

Why do sound waves travel fastest through a solid?

Accepted Answer

Molecules in a solid are closer together and sound can move from one to another quicker.

Answer

Molecules in a solid are farther apart and sound can move from one to another quicker.

Question 12

What are solids, liquids, and gasses

Accepted Answer

Media

Answer

Energy

Answer

Waves

Answer

Vibrations

Question 13

What's another name for a longitudinal wave?

Accepted Answer

compressional

Answer

transverse

Answer

electromagnetic

Question 14

What shape are mechanical wave?

Accepted Answer

both transverse and longitudinal

Answer

transverse only

Answer

longitudinal only

Question 15

What shape are electromagnetic waves?

Accepted Answer

transverse only

Answer

compressional only

Answer

both transverse and compressional

Question 16

Waves have mass.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 17

Waves do not carry mass.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 18

Waves can travel through mass.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 19

What is an example of a vacuum?

Accepted Answer

outer space

Answer

light

Answer

an empty room

Answer

air

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