Quiz about Waves Practice Test

Question 1

1. What do seismic (earthquakes) waves and sound waves have in common?

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They are mechanical waves

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They are phonetic waves

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They are electromagnetic waves

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They are permanent waves

Question 2

2. What medium do seismic waves (earthquakes) travel through?

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The ground

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Outer space

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Water

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The air

Question 3

What type of wave is this?

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Transverse

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S Wave

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Longitudinal

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Up and Down

Question 4

3.  What do waves carry from place to place?

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Energy

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Matter

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Energy and matter

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None of the above

Question 5

What type of wave is this?

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Longitudinal

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Transverse

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S Wave

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Up and Down

Question 6

Which letter represents a wavelength?

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 7

Which letter represents amplitude?

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 8

What is the amplitude of this wave?

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3

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1

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2

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4

Question 9

What is the wavelength of this wave?

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4

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1

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2

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3

Question 10

What property does the orange arrow (A) represent?

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trough

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crest

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middle

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side

Question 11

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

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Increases

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Decreases

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Stays the same

Question 12

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 13

What does the green arrow (B) represent?

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crest

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trough

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middle

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side

Question 14

4.  Frequency is measured in units called

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Hertz

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Pascals

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Meters

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Newtons

Question 15

5.  Electromagnetic waves can transfer energy without

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a medium

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frequency

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a phone line

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a wavelength

Question 16

6. Sound is a disturbance that travels through a medium as

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a mechanical wave

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an electromagnetic wave

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both mechanical and electromagnetic waves

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None of the above

Question 17

7. Light is a disturbance that travels through a medium as

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an electromagnetic wave

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both mechanical and electromagnetic waves

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a mechanical wave

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none of the above

Question 18

8. Which wave has the highest frequency?

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4

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1

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2

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3

Question 19

9. The reason you see lightning from a storm sooner than you hear thunder is

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light waves travel faster than sound waves.

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sound waves travels faster than light waves.

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light waves travel faster than heat waves.

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light waves travel faster than ocean waves.

Question 20

10. Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?

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compression

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rarefaction

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crest

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trough

Question 21

11. If you have a really bad grade you should...

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keep trying and come after school to get my grade up.

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give up.

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ditch class.

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sleep in class.

Question 22

12. Rainbows are visible because

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white light is refracted by the raindrops

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White light is reflected off of raindrops

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the visible light spectrum has seven colors

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the amplitude of each color varies

Question 23

13. Which statement is most correct?

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each color in the spectrum refract at a different angle. Violet refracts the most and red refracts the least.

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When white light enters a water droplet, the light bends at different rates. Red bends the most and violet bends the least

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The compressions and rarefactions of white light causes it to reflect into different colors

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Only seven of the colors of the visible spectrum are absorbed by the raindrops. Other colors such as pink and brown are not absorbed

Question 24

14. Colors of the rainbow are part of the Visible Spectrum.  Which of the statement below lists waves in the EM spectrum in increasing wavelength frequency (low frequency to high frequency)?

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Radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays

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Gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio waves.

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Radio waves, microwaves, ultraviolet, infrared, visible light, x-rays, gamma rays

Question 25

15. Which diagram above best shows Reflection?

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(1)

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(2)

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(3)

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(4)

Question 26

16. Which diagram shows the absorption of light

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(3)

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(1)

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(2)

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(4)

Question 27

17. Which diagram above most likely shows what happens to light that is transmitted with no refraction

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(2)

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(1)

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(3)

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(4)

Question 28

18. Sound travels fastest in a

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Solid

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Liquid

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Gas

Question 29

19. Astronauts in on the moon would not hear the engines of a lunar lander because____

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there are no air molecules on the moon to carry sound

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it is too cold on the moon for sound waves to travel

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the moon has no magnetic field to carry sound

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the lunar soil deadens the sound waves

Question 30

20. Which of the following substances would cause light to be scattered?

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Smog

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A mirror

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Clear glass

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Cardboard

Question 31

21. Which is the best explanation for the refracting of light?

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As light passes from one substance to another it changes speeds causing the light to bend.

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Shiny surfaces such a mirror allow light to bounce back at you.

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Particle matter in the air interfere with the transmission of light causing it to scatter.

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White light is absorbed by an apple and only the red color waves are reflected.

Question 32

22. Which statement best explains the heating of an object.

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A black car is hotter than a white car because the white car reflects more light than the black car does.

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Beach sand is cooler than the black asphalt (road) because the light colored sand absorbs more light.

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Black object heat faster because of the compression waves that add heat energy.

Question 33

23. Which of the following is NOT an example of a mechanical wave

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UV Light

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Echo

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Seismic waves

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Ocean waves

Question 34

25. Which graph best represents an analog signal?

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a

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b

Question 35

26. Sounds in our everyday life like a person speaking, a bird singing, a baby's cry are which type of information transfer?

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analog

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digital

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neither

Question 36

27. Which of the following statements are true of DIGITAL signals? Choose all that apply.

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digital signals are wave pulses

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digital signals have only two values that they can send, on or off

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digital signals are a more reliable way to encode and transmit information than analog signals

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digital signals are very susceptible to interference (noise)

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digital signals are continuously streaming data

Question 37

28. What is a disadvantage to analog information transfer?

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it can be easily disrupted by interference (snow on a TV, static on a radio)

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it cannot be converted into a digital form

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it is impossible to capture the true richness of the original sound using analog waves

Question 38

29. Why are digital signals much more resistant to interference than analog signals?

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digital signals have only two values that they can send; either on or off and there is no in-between

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digital signals can be communicated across very long distances

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digital signals are a modern invention

Question 39

31. A digital signal takes _________ to convert from analog to digital.

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samples of the wave

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the entire wave

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the beginning of the wave

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the end of the wave

Question 40

32. Which wave represents past technology?

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Analog

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DVD

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CD

Question 41

33. Which type of sound represents the most current type of technology>

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DVD

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Analog

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CD

Question 42

34. Which sound wave has more information, more samples?

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DVD

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Analog

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CD

Question 43

35. Which Yoshi has more information?

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Image B

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Image A

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They are the same

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