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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which letter is marked at the troughs of the wave?
a)
C
b)
A
c)
B
d)
D
2.
Which letter is marked at the crests of the wave?
a)
C
b)
A
c)
B
d)
D
3.
The distance between which two letters is a wavelength?
a)
C-A
b)
A-D
c)
A-A
d)
A-B
4.
The distance a wave is from it's resting position is:
a)
Frequency
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Mechanical Wave
5.
What types of mechanical wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
6.
What is a wave?
a)
a disturbance that transfers energy & matter through a medium or space
b)
a disturbance that transfers energy through a medium or space
c)
Regular pattern of motion
d)
a disturbance that transfers energy through a medium
7.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
8.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
9.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
10.
A sound wave moving through the air is what kind of wave?
a)
a Longitudinal
b)
water wave
c)
a transverse wave
d)
hand wave
11.
What is frequency?
a)
waves
b)
distance between equilibrium to crest
c)
hand motion
d)
The number of wave cycles completed in one second
12.
Can sound waves travel through a vacuum?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Some types are capable of
13.
Mechanical waves need a _______ to travel through.
a)
Medium
b)
Vacuum
c)
Plane
d)
Force
14.
Which is an example of a medium that waves can travel though?
a)
Water
b)
Energy
c)
Heat
d)
A stadium
15.
What is transferred through a wave?
a)
Light
b)
Energy
c)
Water
d)
Air
16.
Compression means.....
a)
Far apart
b)
Close together
c)
Complicated
d)
Stretch
17.
Rarefaction means.....
a)
Far apart
b)
Close together
c)
Squeeze
d)
Reflect
18.
What type of medium do earthquakes travel through?
a)
water
b)
air
c)
bubbles
d)
the ground
19.
Waves that have compression and rarefaction are called...
a)
Transverse
b)
Electromagnetic
c)
Longitudinal
d)
Slinky
20.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefraction
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