Ducksters Unit 3 Wave and Sound Unit Exam

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

• Water

• Air

• Matter

• Energy

• Electrons

What kind of waves vibrate our eardrums so we can hear?

• Microwaves

• Water waves

• Light waves

• Sound waves

• Radio waves

What kind of waves require some sort of medium to travel through?

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

What kind of waves can travel through a vacuum?

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

What kind of waves transfer energy?

• Mechanical waves

• Electromagnetic waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

Which of the following waves is a mechanical wave?

• Light

• Microwaves

• Radio waves

• X-rays

• Sound

Which of the following waves is an electromagnetic wave?

• Water waves

• Seismic waves

• Waves in a spring

• Light

• Sound

In which of the following waves does the disturbance move in the same direction as the wave?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

• All the above

• None of the above

In which of the following waves does the disturbance move in a perpendicular direction to the wave?

• Transverse waves

• Longitudinal waves

• All of the above

• None of the above

What type of wave is a sound wave?

• Transverse and mechanical

• Transverse and electromagnetic

• Longitudinal and mechanical

• Longitudinal and electromagnetic