WorksheetsWaves review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is frequency?
a)
amount of time it takes a wave to travel.
b)
how much pitch a wave has.
c)
number of wavelengths that occur in a period of time.
d)
how large the amplitude of a wave is.
2.
What part of the transverse wave does the red arrow point to?
a)
wavelength
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
crest
3.
Which of these electromagnetic waves can we see?
a)
radio
b)
x-ray
c)
microwave
d)
visible light
4.
Which of these waves can travel in a vacuum (empty space)/
a)
sound wave
b)
radio wave
c)
compressional wave
d)
water wave
5.
Gamma rays have the shortest waveslength, and therefore the ____ frequency.
a)
lowest
b)
highest
6.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
7.
High energy waves have a ____.
a)
high frequency
b)
low frequency
c)
small amplitude
d)
big wavelength
8.
Which letter represents the wave trough?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
10.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
12.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
13.
What is another name for wave height?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
14.
What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
15.
EM waves are always____________
a)
Transverse
b)
Compression
c)
Longitudinal
d)
Seismic
16.
The EM spectrum increases from left to right in________________.
a)
Wavelength
b)
Frequency
c)
Amplitude
d)
Height
17.
In the EM spectrum, ________ is shorter on the right than on the left.
a)
Frequency
b)
Hertz
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
18.
The blue section of the wave is measuring _________________.
a)
wavelength
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
amplitude
19.
The orange line is measuring the _________________________.
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
trough
20.
Wavelengths on the left side of the EM spectrum are __________.
a)
long
b)
short
c)
average
21.
How much of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible?
a)
All of it
b)
None of it
c)
Most of it
d)
Only a small part
22.
Waves with high frequency have _____ Wavelength.
a)
Long
b)
Short
23.
a disturbance in matter that carries energy from one place to another
a)
mechanical wave
b)
medium
c)
crest
d)
trough
24.
a wave that causes a medium to vibrate at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels
a)
transverse wave
b)
compression
c)
rarefaction
d)
longitudinal wave
25.
an area of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are spread out
a)
transverse wave
b)
compression
c)
rarefaction
d)
longitudinal wave
26.
a wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels
a)
transverse wave
b)
compression
c)
rarefaction
d)
longitudinal wave
27.
Define Medium
a)
Cute hair
b)
chemicals where a wave goes through
c)
A littel atom
d)
Material where wave travles
28.
Define Rarefaction
a)
NONE
b)
longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart
c)
PIZZA
d)
Longitudinal mass
29.
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
30.
Which direction does a Longitudinal wave travel
a)
parallel
b)
perpendicular
c)
left
d)
right
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