Wave Assessment

Use the diagram below to answer the next 3 questions.

• earthquake wave.

• compressional wave.

• transverse wave.

• seismic wave.

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The portion of the diagram above that represents the amplitude is__________.

• A

• B

• C

• D

The trough is represented by letter __________ in the diagram above.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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An example of a transverse wave would be _____________, while a compression wave would be represented by__________________.

• water, light
• light, water
• sound, light
• light, sound

Wave amplitude can BEST be described as _____________________.

• the distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.
• the height or depth to which the water rises or sinks as the wave passes.
• the rolling motion of wave.
• the setting on a bass guitar amplifier.

A duck floating on a lake oscillates up and down 5 times during a 10-second interval as a periodic wave passes by. What is the frequency of the duck’s oscillations?

• 0.10 Hz

• 2.0 Hz

• 0.50 Hz

• 50. Hz

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A student produces a wave in a long spring by vibrating its end. As the frequency of the vibration is doubled, the wavelength in the spring is

• quartered
• doubled
• halved
• unchanged

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A 5.09 × 10^14-hertz electromagnetic wave is traveling through a transparent medium. The main factor that determines the speed of this wave is the

• nature of the medium
• amplitude of the wave
• phase of the wave
• distance traveled through the medium

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A light wave strikes the Moon and reflects toward Earth. As the light wave travels from the Moon toward Earth, the wave carries

• energy, only
• matter, only
• both energy and matter
• neither energy nor matter

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Wave A carries more energy than wave B. Wave B has a smaller ____ than wave A.

• frequency
• wavelength
• amplitude
• speed

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