Quiz about TCI Science

Question 1

What word describes how big a wave is?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Crest

Question 2

The highest point on a transverse wave is the

Accepted Answer

crest

Answer

compression

Answer

rest position

Answer

trough

Question 3

The lowest point on a transverse wave is the

Accepted Answer

trough

Answer

compression

Answer

crest

Answer

rest position

Question 4

What is amplitude?

Accepted Answer

total distance a wave moves from its resting position

Answer

distance a wave travels in a given amount of time

Answer

number of disturbances produced by a wave

Answer

distance between the crest and trough on a wave

Question 5

How can one complete wavelength be correctly measured?

Accepted Answer

crest to crest

Answer

amplitude to period

Answer

crest to trough

Answer

period to period

Question 6

Andy drew a diagram of a transverse wave. Which part of the wave is labeled X?

Accepted Answer

crest

Answer

rarefaction

Answer

trough

Answer

compression

Question 7

What does the frequency depend on?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Longitudinal

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Hertz

Question 8

If two crests are close together, the wavelength is ___

Accepted Answer

short.

Answer

medium.

Answer

long.

Answer

frequency.

Question 9

Which two properties of waves are dependent on each other?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength

Accepted Answer

Frequency

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Rest position

Question 10

The wavelength is the distance from one crest to the next trough.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 11

Waves form a _____

Accepted Answer

repeating pattern.

Answer

wave.

Answer

trough.

Answer

string.

Question 12

The distance from the rest position to the trough is the same as the distance from the rest position to the crest.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 13

The wavelength is the distance from trough to trough.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 14

Which one is independent of the other two?

Accepted Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Answer

Wavelength

Question 15

John shakes a rope and you can see a wave forming, You can see that there is a crest in the middle of the rope every second. What does this show us?

Accepted Answer

Frequency

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Answer

Nothing

Question 16

Two crests pass a certain point every second. How many crests will pass that point in a minute?

Accepted Answer

120

Answer

20

Answer

60

Answer

30

Question 17

Where matter pushes together in a sound wave

Accepted Answer

Crest

Answer

Trough

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Frequency

Question 18

The place where matter is far apart on a sound wave

Accepted Answer

Trough

Answer

Crest

Answer

Amplitude

Answer

Wavelength

Question 19

What does the picture show?

Accepted Answer

Wavelength of a sound wave

Answer

Wavelength of a water wave

Answer

Amplitude of a sound wave

Answer

Frequency of a wave on a string

Question 20

What does a short wavelength sound like?

Accepted Answer

High-pitched

Answer

Soft

Answer

Low-pitched

Answer

Loud

Question 21

Low pitched sounds have a _____

Accepted Answer

low frequency

Answer

high frequency

Answer

medium frequency

Answer

wavelength

Question 22

A loud sound has a

Accepted Answer

high amplitude

Answer

low amplitude

Answer

high frequency

Answer

low frequency

Question 23

A sound with a low amplitude is ____

Accepted Answer

soft.

Answer

loud.

Answer

high-pitched.

Answer

low-pitched.

Question 24

When the matter in the crest of a sound wave is tightly pushed together, the amplitude is ____

Accepted Answer

high

Answer

low

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