Kinchler - TCAP - 8th - Waves

The data table shows light intensity captured by a sensor from the same light source at different distances. Which graph best displays the trend from the data table?

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Students were asked to label a diagram of a wave. Which correctly labels the wave diagram?

• 1-Wavelength

  2-Amplitude

  3-Rest

• 1-Amplitude

  2-Wavelength

  3-Trough

• 1-Crest

  2-Amplitude

  3-Trough

• 1-Rest

  2-Wavelength

  3-Crest

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This diagram shows a wave. Which wave best shows a wavelength that is twice as long as the wavelength shown above?

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Which best describes the motion of particles within a longitudinal wave? (a)  

• a back-and-forth motion
• a counterclockwise motion
• a rotation on an axis
• a direction opposite a wave

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Waves were created on three identical ropes. Of the three waves shown, Wave 2 has the greatest ...

• wave speed, because it has more crests than the other ropes.

• frequency, because it has a larger wavelength than the other ropes.

• wave speed, because the rope is moving up and down faster than the other ropes.

• frequency, because there are more crests in the same length of rope than there are in the other waves.

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A student has a remote control for a television. The student points the remote at the television and presses a button on the remote labeled Volume. A small red light flashes on the front of the remote. The student observes that the sound from the television becomes lower. Which statement best describes how the remote control communicates

with the television to change the volume of the sound?

• The remote control sends microwaves toward the television that are absorbed by the front of the television.

• The remote control sends low-energy infrared radiation to a light detector on the front of the television.

• The remote control sends radio waves in many directions, which bounce off the walls of the room toward the front of the television.

• The remote control sends sound waves in many directions, which bounce off the walls of the room toward a vibration detector on the front of the television.

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Which wave has the greatest amplitude?

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A book falls off a desk and makes a sound when it hits the floor. The sound wave that travels through the air ...

• is a transverse wave.

• is a longitudinal wave.

• moves in one direction from the source.

• moves faster than the speed of light.

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Which of the following can waves transfer energy through? (a)  

• all of the above
• solid
• liquid
• gas
• vacuum

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Shorter wave lengths can carry more energy. Which of these probably carries the MOST energy: (a)  

• x-rays
• infrared light
• visible light
• ultraviolet light

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