Physical Science Waves

What color has the third shortest wavelength?

• Red

• Yellow

• Blue

• Green

• Violet

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Which type of EM wave has a wave length just a little shorter than visible light?

• Radio Wave

• Microwave

• Infrared

• Ultraviolet

• Gamma

If the wavelength of a wave is 4.5 m and it has a speed of 300 what is its frequency?

• 66.67 hz

• 1,350 hz

• 66.67 seconds

• 1,350 seconds

• 0.015 hz

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When waves reflect, the angle they strike a surface at is ___ the angle they leave the surface at.

• Equal to

• Less than

• Greater than

• Not related to

This type of wave does NOT need a medium (material) to travel through. Choose TWO correct answers.

• electromagnetic

• mechanical

• sound

• light

A stadium of people do the "wave". The wave travels from left to right across the crowd, but the people themselves move up and down when the wave passes by. This is a __ wave.

• longitudinal

• transverse

• electromagnetic

• surface

When sound travels through the air, the sound wave moves in the same direction that it displaces particles. Sound is a ___ wave.

• electromagnetic

• longitudinal

• transverse

• surface

As wave frequency increases, wavelength ___

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

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The frequency of a wave is...

• the length from crest to crest

• how many waves pass a point per second

• the distance divided by time

• the height of the wave

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When we measure the length of a wave from crest to crest, we measure... (enter one word only)

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