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WorksheetsProperties of Waves Quiz 2016
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which letter represents the wavelength of a wave?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
Which letter represents the amplitude of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
4.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
5.
The image above shows a student using a Slinky to create a wave. The slinky is stretched at one end and the resulting wave travels back and forth. This is an example of a...
a)
Superposition Wave
b)
Refracted Wave
c)
Longitudinal Wave
d)
Transverse Wave
6.
Imagine one end of a rope is tied to a door handle. The other end is caused to vibrate vertically(up & down). The wave that travels along the rope is an example of a(n)...
a)
Electromagnetic Wave
b)
Microwave
c)
Transverse Wave
d)
Longitudinal Wave
7.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
8.
Which of the following best explains the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves?
a)
Only transverse waves vibrate.
b)
Only longitudinal waves can travel through a solid.
c)
Particles only travel in a circular pattern along a longitudinal wave.
d)
Particles only travel perpendicular to the direction the energy travels in a transverse wave.
9.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
10.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
11.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify point A on the diagram?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Trough
12.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
14.
Many wave properties are dependent upon other wave properties. Yet, one wave property is independent of all other wave properties. Which one of the following properties of a wave is independent of all the others?
a)
Wavelength
b)
Frequency
c)
Period
d)
Velocity
15.
Which is not a property of waves?
a)
energy
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
speed
16.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
If the wavelength of a wave stays the same and the frequency decreases, how will the speed change?
a)
The speed will stay the same.
b)
The speed will increase.
c)
The speed will decrease.
18.
If the wavelength of a wave stays the same and the frequency decreases, how will the speed change?
a)
The speed will stay the same.
b)
The speed will increase.
c)
The speed will decrease.
19.
If the speed of a wave remains constant, how will the wavelength change if the frequency increases?
a)
The wavelength decreases.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength stays the same.
20.
What happens to the speed of a wave if the medium, temperature, and pressure do not change?
a)
the speed will increase
b)
the speed will decrease
c)
the speed will stay the same
d)
the wavelength will decrease
21.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
22.
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
23.
Waves that require a medium are called
a)
mechanical waves
b)
transverse waves
c)
light waves
d)
gamma rays
24.
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
25.
An example of this is an echo
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
26.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
27.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread a part?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
28.
Waves carry _________ not ___________ .
a)
energy, sound
b)
matter, energy
c)
matter, sound
d)
energy, matter
29.
How is wavelength related to frequency?
a)
High amplitude has low frequency
b)
High frequency has a short wavelength
c)
High frequency has a long wavelength
d)
Low frequency has a short wavelength
30.
Frequency is measured in ____________ .
a)
apples
b)
seconds
c)
minutes
d)
hertz
31.
Which letter represents the wavelength of a wave?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
32.
Which letter represents the amplitude of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
33.
The image above shows a student using a Slinky to create a wave. The slinky is stretched at one end and the resulting wave travels back and forth. This is an example of a...
a)
Superposition Wave
b)
Refracted Wave
c)
Longitudinal Wave
d)
Transverse Wave
34.
Which of the following best explains the difference between transverse and longitudinal waves?
a)
Only transverse waves vibrate.
b)
Only longitudinal waves can travel through a solid.
c)
Particles only travel in a circular pattern along a longitudinal wave.
d)
Particles only travel perpendicular to the direction the energy travels in a transverse wave.
35.
High energy waves have a ____.
a)
high frequency
b)
low frequency
c)
small amplitude
d)
big wavelength
36.
what type of wave is it?
a)
Compressional Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
c)
longitudinal wave
d)
both a and c are correct
37.
rarefaction
a)
a
b)
b
c)
d
d)
c
38.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelength.
a)
varying
b)
high
c)
the same
d)
low
39.
What wave has rarefaction and compression?
a)
longitudinal
b)
surface
c)
heat
d)
transversal
40.
What is a medium?
a)
something between a small and a large?
b)
the substance through which a wave can travel
c)
a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
d)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
41.
What is frequency?
a)
any disturbance that transmits energy through a medium
b)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
c)
the number of waves produced in a given amount of time
d)
when the particles in a longitudinal wave are spread apart
42.
A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
43.
The type of waves that require medium to pass
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
44.
Parts of a Longitudinal waves are
a)
Compression and rarefaction
b)
Crest and trough
45.
Parts of a transverse wave
a)
Compression and Rarefaction
b)
Crest and Trough
46.
What is the highest point of the wave?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Compression
47.
What type of wave is pictured?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
c)
Surface
d)
Time
48.
What is the lowest point of a wave?
a)
Crest
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Trough
d)
Compression
49.
Distance from crest to crest.
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Wavelength
d)
Rarefaction
50.
The number of wavelengths that pass a given point in one second.
a)
Medium
b)
Hertz
c)
Frequency
d)
Wave
51.
Waves that can travel through a vacuum or without matter.
a)
Electromagnetic Waves
b)
Wave
c)
Frequency
d)
Medium
52.
How fast a wave is moving through a medium is known as...
a)
Period
b)
Speed
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
53.
Which letter shows reflection?
a)
Pathway A
b)
Pathway B
c)
Pathway C
d)
Pathway D
54.
Waves that require a medium to travel through are called ___________waves
a)
longitudinal
b)
tranversal
c)
electrical
d)
mechanical
55.
A wave that vibrates the medium perpendicular to its direction (a rope) is called
a)
mechanical wave
b)
longitudinal wave
c)
the wavelength
d)
transversal wave
56.
the highest point of a transverse wave is called a
a)
trough
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
frequency
57.
the lowest point of a transverse wave is called a
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
58.
The distance from the resting point to the crest or trough is called the
a)
wavelength
b)
frequency
c)
amplitude
d)
medium
59.
A wave that vibrates the medium in the same direction it is traveling is called a ___________ wave
a)
longitudinal
b)
transversal
c)
mechanical
d)
electrical
60.
an area of a longitudinal wave where the coils are spaced far apart
a)
compression
b)
rarefraction
c)
crest
d)
trough
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