Topic 5 Test Review

What is a wave?

• A repeating movement that transfers energy from place to place

• A type of matter that a wave travels through

• A vibration produced by a medium

• A disturbance that transports matter

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Which of the following is NOT a type of medium through which waves can travel?

• Solid

• Vacuum

• Liquid

• Gas

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Which of the following statements contrasting mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves is correct?

• Mechanical waves are described by frequency, but electromagnetic waves are described by wavelength.

• All electromagnetic waves are visible, but mechanical waves cannot be seen by the naked eye.

• Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without a medium, but mechanical waves require a medium.

• Mechanical waves transport energy, but electromagnetic waves do not carry any energy.

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What is the amplitude of a wave?

• The distance from one point on the wave to the same point on the next wave

• The measurement from the center of the wave to the trough or crest

• The low point on the wave

• The high point on the wave

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What does the amplitude of a sound wave determine?

• The loudness or volume

• The frequency

• The pitch

• The wavelength

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How does an increase in frequency affect the wavelength of a sound wave?

• The wavelength increases.

• The wavelength decreases.

• The wavelength remains the same.

• It depends on the medium through which the sound travels.

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What determines the pitch of a sound?

• The wavelength of the sound waves

• The speed of sound

• The frequency of vibration of the sound waves

• The amplitude of the sound wave

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When light hits a smooth, shiny surface, the light ________.

• refracts

• speeds up

• reflects

• diffracts

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What is reflection?

• The bending of waves due to a change in speed

• The bouncing off of a wave and heading in a different direction (a mirror image)

• The absorption of a wave by a material

• The scattering of a wave in different directions

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What is refraction?

• The bending of waves due to a change in speed

• The scattering of a wave in different directions

• The absorption of a wave by a material

• The bouncing off of a wave and heading in a different direction

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