Waves quiz 1

Waves that require a material medium for their propagation are called

• Electromagnetic Waves

• Mechanical waves

• Radio waves

• Light waves

The wave which transfers energy in moving away from the source of vibration is called:

• Traveling waves

• light waves

• heat waves

• water waves

Which of the statement is true:

• Waves transport energy without transporting matter

• Waves transport matter without transporting energy

• Waves neither transport matter nor energy

• waves transport both matter and energy

Distance between two successive crests and troughs are called

• Amplitude

• Displacement

• wavelength

• Area

All parts of wave motion moves with

• same speed

• different speed

• random motion

• None of these

If 100 waves per second pass through a medium with a speed of 100 m/s, wavelength of these waves is

• 1 m

• 100 m

• 10 m

• 0.5 m

The portion of waves above the mean level is called

• crest

• trough

• phase

• amplitude

who did give the correct formula for the speed of sound in air

• Newton

• Laplace

• Einstein

• Boyle

speed of sound in air increases with the increase in

• pressure

• density

• amplitude

• temperature

According to Newton sound travel in the air under the conditions of which type of process?

• Adiabatic

• Isothermal

• Isobaric

• Isochoric