Quiz about Properties of Waves

Question 1

Which letter represents wavelength?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

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C

Answer

D

Question 2

Which letter represents the wave crest?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 3

Which letter represents the wave trough?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

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C

Question 4

Which letter represents amplitude?

Accepted Answer

B

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A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 5

Which wave has a greater frequency?

Accepted Answer

A

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B

Question 6

What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?

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Wavelength

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Frequency

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Amplitude

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Origin

Question 7

What is another name for wave height?

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Amplitude

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Frequency

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Wavelength

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Origin

Question 8

If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?

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decreases

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increases

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stays the same

Question 9

If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to number of waves per second?

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increases

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decreases

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stays the same

Question 10

What part of the wave is a compression?

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A

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B

Question 11

What part of the wave is a rarefaction?

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B

Answer

A

Question 12

What do waves carry through objects?

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energy

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light

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sound

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water

Question 13

How do these waves compare?

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wave 3 has a longer wavelength than wave 4

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all have the same wavelength

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all have the same frequency

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wave 2 has a higher frequency than wave 4

Question 14

What type of wave is pictured here?

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transverse wave

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sound wave

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longitudinal wave

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seismic wave

Question 15

What type of wave is pictured here?

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longitudinal wave

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transverse wave

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light wave

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seismic wave

Question 16

Look at the waves amplitudes. Which has a higher intensity?

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bottom wave

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top wave

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neither

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they have the same intensity

Question 17

Waves are created when a force creates a ________.

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vibration

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earthquake

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sound

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light wave

Question 18

Transverse waves carry energy _______ to the direction the medium is moving.

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perpendicular

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at a 45 degree angle

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parallel

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opposite

Question 19

A longitudinal wave carries energy __________ to the direction the medium is moving.

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parallel

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at a 45 degree angle

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at a 90 degree angle

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perpindicular

Question 20

The highest part of a transverse wave is

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the crest

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the trough

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the wave point

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the hotel transylvania

Question 21

The lowest part of a transverse wave are the

Accepted Answer

troughs

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crests

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wave points

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low nodules

Question 22

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is its

Accepted Answer

wavelength

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amplitude

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frequency

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velocity

Question 23

The height of the wave from its resting point is called its

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amplitude

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wavelength

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velocity

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frequency

Question 24

Longitudinal waves have:

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compressions and rarefactions

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crests and troughs

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crests and compressions

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troughs and rarefactions

Question 25

Transverse waves have:

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crests and troughs

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troughs and rarefactions

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compressions and contractions

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rarefactions and crests

Question 26

How often a wave occurs is the wave's

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frequency

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amplitude

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wavelength

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velocity

Question 27

Transverse waves move mediums

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at a right angle

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in a circle

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and matter too

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at an acute angle

Question 28

What is the ability to cause change?

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energy

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matter

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volume

Question 29

Which wave has highest frequency?

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D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 30

Which wave has the shortest wavelength?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

1

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2

Answer

3

Question 31

Speed= ________

Wavelength= .5m

Frequency= 150 hertz

Accepted Answer

75 m/s

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.75 m/s

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300 m/s

Question 32

Speed= 600 m/s

Wavelength= 2.0m

Frequency= _________

Accepted Answer

300 hertz

Answer

.0033 hertz

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3000 hertz

Question 33

Speed= 320 m/s

Wavelength= 80 m

Frequency= ___________

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4 hertz

Answer

.25 hertz

Answer

400 hertz

Question 34

Speed= ________

Wavelength= 1.2 m

Frequency= 210 hertz

Accepted Answer

252 m/s

Answer

175 m/s

Answer

252 hertz

Question 35

Speed= _________

Wavelength= 3.0 m

Frequency= 120 hertz

Accepted Answer

360 m/s

Answer

40 m/s

Answer

0.025 hertz

Question 36

Speed= 12 m/s

Wavelength= __________

Frequency= 600 hertz

Accepted Answer

0.02 m

Answer

7200 m

Answer

612 m

Question 37

Speed= 190 m/s

Wavelength= _________

Frequency= 1.1875hertz

Accepted Answer

160 m

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225.63 m

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0.00625 m

Question 38

Speed= 110 m/s

Wavelength= ___________

Frequency= 300 hertz

Accepted Answer

0.367 m

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33,000 m

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2.73 m

Question 39

Speed= _________

Wavelength= 4.2 m

Frequency= 70 hertz

Accepted Answer

294 m/s

Answer

0.06 m/s

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16.67 m/s

Question 40

Speed= 65 m/s

Wavelength= 6.5 m

Frequency= ____________

Accepted Answer

10 hertz

Answer

422.4 hertz

Answer

.10 hertz

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