Waves Test Review

What kind of energy transfer occurs when an earthquake produces a large ocean wave called a tsunami?

• Electromagnetic waves transfer energy from water to land.

• Mechanical waves transfer energy from rock to water.

• Heat transfers energy from water to rock.

• Water molecules transfer energy by moving from rock to land.

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Given the frequency, f, and speed, c, of a beam of light, which formula is used to calculate the wavelength, λ

?

• λ= c/f

• λ= cf²

• λ=cf

• λ=c²/f

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As wave frequency is increased, wave energy

• is unaffected.

• increases.

• stays constant.

• decreases.

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The frequency of a wave is measured in

• meters.

• hertz/second.

• hertz.

• meters/minute.

During a baseball game, fans in the stands create a “wave” by standing up from their chairs when the wave arrives at their location. Which sentence classifies this type of wave and its particle motion?

• It is a longitudinal wave in which the particles of the wave move in a direction parallel to the wave motion.

• It is a transverse wave in which the particles of the wave move in a direction parallel to the wave motion.

• It is a transverse wave in which the particles of the wave move in a direction perpendicular to the wave motion.

• It is a longitudinal wave in which the particles of the wave move in a direction perpendicular to the wave motion.

What is the speed of a 2-Hz wave that has a wavelength of 10 m?

• 8m/s

• 20m/s

• 5m/s

• 12m/s

The spectrum of visible light can be seen in a rainbow because white light is

• refracted and dispersed.

• absorbed and diffracted.

• reflected and transmitted.

• produced and emitted.

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Which of the following describes diffraction?

• the bending of waves as they pass from one medium to another

• the bending of waves as they pass an edge or an opening

• the bouncing back of waves as they meet a surface

• the combining of two waves that meet at a point

What happens to a ray of white light when it passes through a prism?

• The ray of light is completely absorbed by the prism.

• The ray of light is combined into a single color.

• The ray of light is bent backward toward the source of light.

• The ray of light is bent in several pathways showing a rainbow.

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• zone 2

• Zone 1

• Zone 4

• Zone 3

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