WorksheetsCommunication - Waves
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
All electromagnetic waves have the same...
a)
frequency
b)
speed
c)
wavelength
d)
energy
2.
_______ waves carry the greatest amount of energy.
a)
x-rays
b)
gamma rays
c)
infrared rays
d)
visible light
3.
Put the visible light colors in order from shortest wavelength to longest wavelength
a)
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
b)
Red, Yellow, Green, Orange, Violet, Blue, Indigo
c)
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
d)
Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
4.
A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy
a)
high, low
b)
high, high
c)
low, high
d)
low, low
5.
What type of wave is pictured?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
c)
Light
d)
Standing
6.
Which waves are the type that can give us suntans and sunburns?
a)
Infrared radiation
b)
Ultraviolet radiation
c)
Radio waves
d)
X-rays
7.
Which rays can be felt as heat?
a)
X-Rays
b)
Infrared Radiation
c)
Ultraviolet Radiation
d)
Microwaves
8.
________________ are waves used by Police Officers to test the speed of your car with RADAR.
a)
Ultraviolet
b)
Infrared
c)
Radio
d)
Microwaves
9.
Cancer can be treated with_______________waves.
a)
Penicillin
b)
Radio
c)
Infrared
d)
Gamma
10.
The green arrow on the image is measuring the _________________________. (click text to see image)
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
trough
11.
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
12.
What is a wave called in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction the wave is traveling
a)
A. surface wave
b)
B. transverse wave
c)
C. electromagnetic wave
d)
D. longitudinal wave
13.
What do we call the top of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
14.
The distance between which two letters is a wavelength?
a)
C-A
b)
A-D
c)
A-A
d)
A-B
15.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
16.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
17.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefraction
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