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Wave Unit

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

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 kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
6.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
7.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
8.
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
9.
Mechanical waves need a _______ to travel through.
a)
Medium
b)
Vacuum
c)
Plane
d)
Force
10.
What is transferred through a wave?
a)
Light
b)
Energy
c)
Water
d)
Air
11.
The higher the frequency the ______ the energy. 
a)
higher
b)
lower
c)
neither, stays the same
12.
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
13.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelength.
a)
varying
b)
high
c)
the same
d)
low
14.
Based on the picture, choose the best description of how wavelength and frequency are related
a)
As wavelength increases, frequency increases
b)
As frequency increases, wavelength remains the same
c)
As frequency increases, wavelength decreases
d)
frequency and wavelength mean the same thing
15.
Which letter shows reflection? 
a)
Pathway A
b)
Pathway B
c)
Pathway C
d)
Pathway D
16.
Which diagram shows refraction?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
____________________  is the number of waves that move past one spot in a second
a)
energy
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency