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WorksheetsWaves Unit Test Prep
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a medium?
a)
How fast the wave can move.
b)
The range of electromagnetic waves above red in the visible spectrum.
c)
A disruption in the connections of matter
d)
The substance a wave moves through.
2.
What is a wave?
a)
A repeated disturbance that moves energy.
b)
A repeated disturbance that moves a substance.
c)
A repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down motion.
d)
The way that light and sound transfer through space.
3.
Waves move _____ as they travel.
a)
objects
b)
matter
c)
energy
d)
medium
4.
If a student is making a wave with a slinky, what is the medium?
a)
the air around it
b)
the earth beneath it
c)
the slinky
d)
the wave itself
5.
What is a big difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves?
a)
Mechanical do not need a medium and electromagnetic do.
b)
Mechanical waves are faster than electromagnetic.
c)
All mechanical waves are transverse.
d)
Electromagnetic do not need a medium and mechanical do.
6.
An area that has no matter in it (like space) is known as a(n) _____.
a)
transverse
b)
medium
c)
vacuum
d)
em pulse
7.
The highest point of a transverse wave is known as the _____.
a)
trough
b)
crest
c)
rarefaction
d)
compression
8.
The area where a longitudinal wave is spread out is known as a
a)
compression
b)
substitution
c)
rarefaction
d)
trough
9.
This is how many waves pass a point in a given time. When this number is higher, this means that the waves carries more energy.
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
speed
d)
frequency
10.
This is the height between the crest and the rest line of a medium. The greater this is the greater the energy carried.
a)
wavelength
b)
frequency
c)
amplitude
d)
speed
11.
This is the distance from one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave.
a)
speed
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
12.
"When a wave moves through a different medium it will speed up or slow down. This causes the wave to bend."
What is this a description of?
What is this a description of?
a)
transmission
b)
refraction
c)
rarefaction
d)
reflection
13.
When a bat uses echolocation it bounces a sound wave off of an object to find them.
What behavior of waves do bats use to learn about their environment?
What behavior of waves do bats use to learn about their environment?
a)
compression
b)
transmission
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
14.
When waves pass through a medium without being reflected or absorbed they are being _____.
a)
transmitted
b)
refracted
c)
reflected
d)
absorbed
15.
Why is this lime green?
a)
Green reflects and the other colors are absorbed
b)
Green is absorbed and the others are reflected
c)
Green transmitted while others are reflected
d)
Blue and yellow light mix on the surface
16.
The _____ is a bundle of nerves located in the back of the eye that prepare light to be transmitted through the optic nerve and to the brain.
a)
lens
b)
cornea
c)
retina
d)
optic nerve
17.
What happens from left to right?
a)
Wavelength decreases and frequency increases
b)
Wavelength increases and frequency decreases
c)
Energy decreases
d)
The energy increases and then decreases
18.
What does this show?
a)
Sound waves
b)
Constructive interference
c)
Destructive interference
d)
Longitudinal waves
19.
When you look at the electromagnetic spectrum, Wavelength decreases and what increases?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Speed
c)
Frequency
d)
Wave height
20.
In what order does light encounter the parts of the eye?
a)
lens-retina-optic nerve-cornea
b)
optice nerve-retina-lens-cornea
c)
cornea-lens-retina- optic nerve
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