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WorksheetsWhat Are Waves? Guided Reading
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
#1. A wave is ________________ that transfers energy from place to place.
a)
force
b)
vacuum
c)
motion
d)
disturbance
2.
#2. The material through which a wave travels is called a _______________.
a)
small
b)
medium
c)
large
d)
extra large
3.
#3. Which of the following choices can act as mediums?
a)
solids only
b)
solid and liquids only
c)
solids, liquids, and gases
d)
empty space
4.
#4. Waves that require a medium through which to travel are called ______________.
a)
mechanical waves
b)
electromagnetic waves
5.
#5
a)
True
b)
False
6.
#6 The duck moves up and down, but the duck ____________ travel with the wave.
a)
does not
b)
does
7.
#7 Give an example of a wave that travel through empty space.
a)
mechanical wave, water
b)
electromagnetic wave, sun light
c)
none of the above
8.
#8. Mechanical waves are produced when a source of energy causes a medium to
a)
hydrate
b)
vibrate
c)
stop moving
d)
expand
9.
#9. A vibration is a ______________ back and forth or up and down motion.
a)
single
b)
repeated
10.
#10. How are mechanical waves classified?
a)
by how they look
b)
by how they react
c)
by how they move
11.
#11
a)
longitudinal waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
transverse waves
12.
#12. The rope itself moves up and down or from side to side, at __________ angles to the direction in which the wave travels.
a)
left
b)
right
c)
complementary
d)
supplementary
13.
#13. The highest parts of a transverse wave are called ______________.
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
14.
#14. The lowest parts of a transverse wave are called ______________.
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
15.
#15.
a)
transverse wave
b)
longitudinal wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
16.
#16.
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
compressions
d)
rarefactions
17.
#17.
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
compressions
d)
rarefactions
18.
#18 a.
a)
mechanical wave
b)
longitudinal wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
19.
#18. b
a)
troughs
b)
crest
c)
rarefactions
d)
compressions
20.
#18. c
a)
troughs
b)
crest
c)
rarefactions
d)
compressions
21.
#18. d
a)
troughs
b)
crest
c)
rarefactions
d)
compressions
22.
#18. e
a)
troughs
b)
crest
c)
rarefactions
d)
compressions
23.
#19. You should think of the compressions as crests on a transverse wave and the rarefacctions as troughs on a transverse wave.
a)
True
b)
False
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