WorksheetsMechanical Waves Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Waves that require a medium are called
a)
mechanical waves
b)
transverse waves
c)
light waves
d)
gamma rays
2.
What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
a)
compressional waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
ultraviolet rays
3.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
4.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is spread a part?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
5.
What can electromagnetic waves travel through?
a)
mediums
b)
empty space
c)
solely solids
d)
both mediums and empty space
6.
What is a repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place?
a)
Medium
b)
Wave
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
7.
What is the name of a material in which waves, like sound waves, seismic waves, and waves in a slinky travel through
a)
Vacuum
b)
Medium
c)
Mechanical
d)
Space
8.
Which of these CANNOT travel in empty space?
a)
electromagnetic waves
b)
mechanical
9.
Which of these waves can travel in a vacuum (empty space)/
a)
sound wave
b)
radio wave
c)
compressional wave
d)
water wave
10.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
11.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
12.
What do we call the top of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
13.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
14.
What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
a)
compressional waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
ultraviolet rays
15.
Which direction does a Longitudinal wave travel
a)
parallel
b)
perpendicular
16.
Can you hear sounds in a vacuum?
a)
Yes
b)
No
17.
What is another word for compressional waves?
a)
transverse
b)
rarefaction
c)
longitudinal
d)
electromagnetic
18.
Waves that require a medium are called
a)
mechanical waves
b)
transverse waves
c)
light waves
d)
gamma rays
19.
What kind of wave moves at right angles to the direction of the wave?
a)
longitudinal waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
ultraviolet rays
20.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
21.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is spread a part?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
22.
High energy waves have a ____.
a)
high frequency
b)
low frequency
c)
small amplitude
d)
big wavelength
23.
Which of these CANNOT travel in empty space?
a)
electromagnetic
b)
mechanical
c)
light
24.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
25.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
26.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
27.
Which letter represents the wave trough?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
28.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
29.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
30.
What is another name for wave height?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
31.
What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
32.
This type of wave looks like a wave on the ocean.
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
33.
A substance that a wave can travel through.
a)
water
b)
medium
c)
large
34.
The height of a transverse wave is called
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
wavelength
35.
The number of waves that pass in a certain amount of time is called
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
d)
amplitude
36.
Sound waves are...
a)
cool
b)
not cool
c)
transverse waves
d)
longitudinal waves
37.
________ are to longitudinal waves as crests are to transverse waves.
a)
refractions
b)
reflections
c)
rarefactions
d)
compressions
38.
Which type of wave has the most energy?
a)
Low frequency low amplitude
b)
high frequency high amplitude
c)
high frequency low amplitude
d)
low frequency high amplitude
39.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
40.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
41.
What do we call the top of the wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
42.
What happens when you increase the amplitude of a sound?
a)
it makes the sound louder
b)
it makes the sound travel faster
c)
it increases the wavelength of the sound
d)
it increases the frequency of the sound
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