WorksheetsWave Properties
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
2.
Which property of these waves differs?
a)
Frequency
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Pitch
3.
Which waves do NOT need a medium?
a)
Sound
b)
Ocean
c)
Seismic
d)
Light
4.
A high energy wave is considered to have a high
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
wavelength
d)
period
5.
Which letter is a crest?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
6.
What type of waves have compressions and rarefactions?
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
7.
Which letter is a trough?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
8.
Which letter shows amplitude?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
9.
Which letter identifies the wavelength?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
10.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
11.
Which wave has the highest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
Frequency is
a)
Amount of time it takes for one wavelength
b)
How many wavelengths are completed in one second
c)
Distance between two crests or two troughs
d)
Amount of energy in a wave
13.
What is the material waves travel through?
a)
Period
b)
Frequency
c)
Medium
d)
Hertz
14.
Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
amplitude
15.
What do all waves transfer?
a)
Light
b)
Sound
c)
Heat
d)
Energy
16.
Frequency is measured in
a)
Newtons
b)
Joules
c)
Hertz
d)
Decibels
17.
Which is the correct equation for calculating the speed of a wave?
a)
T = 1/f
b)
Speed= Wavelength x Period
c)
Speed = Wavelength/Frequency
d)
Speed= Wavelength x Frequency
18.
A period is
a)
Amount of time it takes a wavelength to complete one cycle.
b)
How many wave lengths happen in a second.
c)
An indication of the amount of energy in a wave.
d)
The distance between two crests or two troughs.
19.
Sound travels best through
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
colloids
20.
These waves have the same
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
period
d)
wavelength
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