WorksheetsChapter 17
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The letter "A" in this illustration is called what on a wave?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Frequency
c)
Hertz
d)
Wavelength
2.
The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
wave speed
d)
amplitude
3.
What do we call the top of the wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
4.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
5.
Which of the following is NOT a property of a wave?
a)
refraction
b)
amplitude
c)
frequency
d)
wavelength
6.
A wave can make a leaf bob up and down on the water, but it cannot move the leaf toward the shore. This is because waves only transfer
a)
matter.
b)
energy.
c)
media.
d)
crests.
7.
A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling
a)
surface wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
d)
longitudinal wave
8.
A wave in which the particles of the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave motion
a)
mechanical wave
b)
surface wave
c)
longitudinal wave
d)
wave
9.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
10.
What type of wave is pictured?
a)
Transversal
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Surface
d)
Seismic
11.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is spread apart?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
12.
How would a person measure the wavelength on this sound wave?
a)
dense to less dense
b)
trough to crest
c)
compression to compression
d)
beginning of illustration to the end
13.
The tiny hairs on the cochlea vibrate transmit energy to nerves to the brain. The cochlea is which part of the ear?
a)
outer ear
b)
middle ear
c)
inner ear
d)
brain
14.
If you want to change the pitch of a sound, you have to change the ___
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
speed
d)
volume
15.
The units for frequency are measured in _____________.
a)
hertz
b)
seconds
c)
m/s
d)
m
16.
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
17.
This is the unit used to measure the volume of a sound.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Oscilloscope
18.
This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Pitch
c)
Volume
d)
Echo
19.
Which of the following objects would absorb sound best?
a)
Metal chair
b)
Fabric Blanket
c)
Glass window
d)
Tile floor
20.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
21.
Which is the approximate range of human hearing?
a)
5-5,000 Hz
b)
500-20,000 Hz
c)
20-20,000 Hz
d)
20-5,000 Hz
22.
This word refers to any substance that sound can travel through. Sound can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
a)
Decibel
b)
Medium
c)
Vibration
d)
Oscilloscope
23.
The speed of a sound wave depends on
a)
the frequency
b)
the medium
c)
both air temperature and medium
d)
the air temperature
24.
Damping is..
a)
an object is forced to vibrate at its natural frequency.
b)
sound changes speed in going from one medium to another.
c)
the gradual decline in amplitude of a wave as energy dissipates
d)
sound echoing multiple times
25.
The Doppler effect can cause an apparent change in...
a)
loudness
b)
intensity
c)
pitch
d)
reasonance
26.
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed due to being caused to vibrate at its own natural frequency, also known as _____________
a)
frequency modulation
b)
beats
c)
resonance
d)
destructive interference
27.
As a sound source approaches and then moves past a stationary observer, the observer will hear
a)
a steady rise in pitch
b)
a sudden drop in pitch
c)
a drop in pitch, then a rise in pitch
d)
a rise in pitch, then a drop in pitch
28.
How are sound and light waves similar?
a)
both transmit energy
b)
both require a medium
c)
neither require a medium
d)
both transmit matter
29.
Which of these CANNOT travel in empty space?
a)
electromagnetic
b)
mechanical
c)
light
d)
humans
30.
What can electromagnetic waves travel through?
a)
mediums
b)
empty space
c)
solely solids
d)
both mediums and empty space
31.
Waves that require a medium are called
a)
mechanical waves
b)
transverse waves
c)
light waves
d)
gamma rays
32.
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
33.
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
34.
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
35.
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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