Quiz about Study Guide Module 3

Question 1

Where do you find energy?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Light

Answer

Sound

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Moving objects

Question 2

How does energy move from one place to another? (More than 1 answer)

Accepted Answer

Through sound

Accepted Answer

Through light

Accepted Answer

Through electrical currents

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Energy does not transfer

Question 3

How do you measure the amount of energy something has?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Measured in form of heat

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Measured in form of electrical current

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Measured in moving objects

Question 4

A pattern of disturbance which transfer energy from one place to another is ________.

Accepted Answer

Wave

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Power

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Work

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Potential energy

Question 5

Which is not true of light waves travel?

Accepted Answer

Light waves travel around corners

Answer

Light waves can bend in different directions

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Light waves can be absorbed

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Light waves are electromagnetic waves

Question 6

Sound waves do not need to travel through matter.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 7

Light waves do need to travel through matter.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 8

What can happen when light shines on an object? (More than 1 answer)

Accepted Answer

Light can be absorbed

Accepted Answer

Light can be reflected

Accepted Answer

Light can be transmitted

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Light can travel through any material

Question 9

What are the properties of a wave?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude, wavelength, and frequency

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Amplitude, wavelength, and production

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Wavelength, frequency, and production

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Mechanical and electromagnetic

Question 10

Higher amplitudes of light waves will have less brightness in color.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 11

Higher amplitudes of waves transfer more energy.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 12

Higher amplitude light waves produce bright, visible colors, whereas high amplitude sound waves produce loud sounds.

Accepted Answer

true

Answer

false

Question 13

Sound waves cannot be transmitted.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 14

Sound waves cannot be refracted.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 15

Light waves cannot be absorbed completely.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 16

A wave is a disturbance that transfers __________ from one place to another.

Accepted Answer

Energy

Answer

Matter

Answer

Mass

Question 17

What types of waves can travel through empty space and mediums?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic

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Longitudinal

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Mechanical

Question 18

Which 2 types of waves don't require a medium to travel?

Accepted Answer

Electromagnetic

Accepted Answer

Light

Answer

Mechanical

Answer

Sound

Question 19

Which of the following is a mechanical wave?

Accepted Answer

Sound

Answer

X-ray

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Infrared

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Radio waves

Question 20

What medium does sound waves TYPICALLY travel through?

Accepted Answer

Gases

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Solids

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Liquids

Question 21

The number of waves passing a given point each second is:

Accepted Answer

Frequency

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Wave speed

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Wavelength

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Amplitude

Question 22

What is the correct formula for wave speed?

Accepted Answer

Wave speed = frequency X wavelength

Answer

Wave speed = amplitude X wavelength

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Wave speed = amplitude X period

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Wave speed = frequency X period

Question 23

As the wavelength increases, the crest of the wave

Accepted Answer

Gets farther apart

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Becomes wider

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Becomes shorter

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Gets closer together

Question 24

If a wave has a high amplitude, it will have __________ energy.

Accepted Answer

High

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Low

Question 25

If a wave has a low frequency, it will have __________ energy.

Accepted Answer

Low

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High

Question 26

__________ refers to the number of waves produced per second by an energy source.

Accepted Answer

Frequency

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Question 27

__________ is the height of the wave from normal level to the highest point.

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Wavelength

Question 28

The highest point on the wave is the __________.

Accepted Answer

Crest

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Trough

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Question 29

The distance from one peak of the wave to the next peak in the wave is the _________.

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Crest

Answer

Trough

Answer

Frequency

Question 30

What relationship does frequency and wavelength have?

Accepted Answer

inversely related

Answer

directly related

Question 31

When referring to a sound wave, as the amplitude of the wave decreases what happens to sound?

Accepted Answer

Decreases

Answer

Increases

Answer

No change

Question 32

When referring to a sound wave, as the wavelength decreases the pitch of sound _____.

Accepted Answer

increases

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decreases

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stays the same

Question 33

How far do scientist believe some low frequency whale songs can travel?

Accepted Answer

100,000 miles

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1000 miles

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10,000 miles

Answer

1,000,000 miles

Question 34

Where does the moon gets it light from?

Accepted Answer

A reflection from the Sun's light.

Answer

A reflection from Earth's light.

Answer

An absorbed light wave from the Sun.

Answer

The moon produces its own light.

Question 35

As the amplitude and frequency of a wave increases, the energy of the wave ________.

Accepted Answer

Increases

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Decreases

Answer

Stays the same

Question 36

Choose the best definition of a simple wave.

Accepted Answer

A wave that has a repeating and predictable pattern

Answer

A wave that has one crest and one trough

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A wave created from one pulse of energy

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A wave that only lasts 1 sec

Question 37

Electromagnetic waves __________ while mechanical waves __________.

Accepted Answer

Do not need a medium to travel; do need a medium to travel

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Do not have crests and troughs; do

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Are only longitudinal waves; are only transverse waves

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Are sound waves; are light waves

Question 38

Sound waves are __________, and light waves are __________.

Accepted Answer

Mechanical; electromagnetic

Answer

Electromagnetic; mechanical

Question 39

An echo is

Accepted Answer

Reflection of sound

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Transmission of sound

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Absorption of sound

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Refraction of sound

Question 40

The angle of incidence and the angle of reflection are not always equal.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 41

__________ refers to waves being deflected and distorting when they pass at an angle from one medium to the next.

Accepted Answer

Refraction

Answer

Reflection

Answer

Transmission

Answer

Absorption

Question 42

If you shine a light through a blanket, but you see no light on the other side, the light has been __________.

Accepted Answer

Absorbed

Answer

Reflected

Answer

Refracted

Answer

Transmitted

Question 43

Why are the walls of a sound booth made of soft material.

Accepted Answer

To help echoes from producing

Answer

To help produce an echo

Question 44

If someone is talked above the water, but you are trying to hear them under the water, what happens to the sound under water?

Accepted Answer

It is being refracted

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It is being reflected

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It is being transmitted

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It is being absorbed

Question 45

What type of signal has an infinite amount of signal resolution?

Accepted Answer

Analog

Answer

Digital

Question 46

What type of signal has only 1s and 0s in the signal?

Accepted Answer

Digital

Answer

Analog

Question 47

What are the 1s and 0s called in a signal?

Accepted Answer

Binary code

Answer

Analog

Answer

Digital

Answer

Transmission

Question 48

If a digital signal is trying to transmit, and it interrupted by something, what happens to the signal when the interruption goes away?

Accepted Answer

The signal will continue

Answer

The signal will need to start over in order to transmit

Question 49

What type of signal degrades over long distances if amplifiers and boosters are not utilized?

Accepted Answer

Analog signal

Answer

Digital signal

Question 50

Which signal is more reliable?

Accepted Answer

Digital signal

Answer

Analog signal

Question 51

In the figure shown, If the angle i increases slightly, angle r will _____.

Accepted Answer

increase

Answer

remain the same

Answer

decrease

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disappear

Question 52

Why does sound travel at different speeds through different materials?

Accepted Answer

because sound transmission involves interaction between particles in matter

Answer

because long wavelengths travel farther than short wavelengths

Answer

because matter causes sound to echo

Answer

because sound travels fastest in low density situations

Question 53

You can see an object like a book because the book _____.

Accepted Answer

reflects light

Answer

absorbs light

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is a light source

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glows

Question 54

Which label is illustrating the amplitude of the wave?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 55

What is happening to these light waves as they enter the different material?

Accepted Answer

refraction

Answer

diffusion

Answer

absorption

Answer

reflection

Question 56

What happens as the frequency of a wave increases?

Accepted Answer

its wavelength decreases

Answer

its amplitude decreases

Answer

its wavelength increases

Answer

its amplitude increases

Question 57

When light is reflected, what determines the angle of reflection?

Accepted Answer

the angle of incidence

Answer

the substance through which light is traveling

Answer

the substance reflecting the light

Answer

the brightness of the light

Question 58

The amplitude of a wave is the distance _____.

Accepted Answer

a wave varies from its rest

Answer

the wave moves in one second

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equal to one wave length

Answer

the wave moves in one time period of the wave

Question 59

Loudness is the human perception of sound wave's _____.

Accepted Answer

amplitude

Answer

pitch

Answer

speed

Answer

frequency

Question 60

Which of the following is the best example of a high-amplitude, high-frequency sound?

Accepted Answer

a police siren

Answer

the moo of a cow

Answer

Cat meow

Answer

a mosquito buzz

Question 61

What is frequency measured in?

Accepted Answer

Hertz

Answer

Milliseconds

Answer

Miles

Answer

Kilograms

Question 62

Which type of waves have the longest wavelength?

Accepted Answer

Radio waves

Answer

Visible light

Answer

X-rays

Answer

Gamma-Rays

Question 63

Wavelengths are usually measured in ....

Accepted Answer

meters

Answer

seconds

Answer

Hz

Answer

inches

Question 64

What statement below best describes the motion of a wave?

Accepted Answer

A wave causes particles to oscillate across a point called equilibrium

Answer

A wave causes particles in a medium to spread out

Answer

A wave causes particles in a medium to condense together

Answer

A wave causes particles to rotate around a fixed point called the rest position

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