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Waves (mechanical) & Light/Optics

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
2.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
3.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
4.
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
5.
What is frequency?
a)
waves
b)
distance between equilibrium to crest
c)
hand motion
d)
The number of wave cycles completed in one second
6.
Mechanical waves need a _______ to travel through.
a)
Medium
b)
Vacuum
c)
Plane
d)
Force
7.
What type of medium do earthquakes travel through?
a)
water
b)
air
c)
bubbles
d)
the ground
8.
What is transferred by the movement of waves?
a)
Matter
b)
Energy
c)
Nothing
d)
Water
9.
What type of wave MUST have matter to travel through?
a)
X-Ray
b)
Electromagnetic
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radient
10.

What type of wave does NOT need matter to travel through?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Transverse

c)

Sound

d)

Electromagnetic

11.
In which type of wave does the matter move at right a right angle (or opposite) to the direction of the wave?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Transverse
c)
Sound
d)
Compressional
12.
What is the low point in a transverse wave called?
a)
Peak
b)
Wavelength
c)
Trough
d)
Rarefaction
13.
Which line represents the wavelength in the diagram?
a)
Between lines B and F
b)
D
c)
Between lines E and G
d)
A
14.
Which line represents the amplitude of the wave?
a)
A
b)
H
c)
From B to the resting point of the wave
d)
From E to G
15.
Sound travels fastest through
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
empty space
16.
Material in which a mechanical wave travels through
a)
medium 
b)
vacuum 
c)
black holes
d)
chocolate
17.
The lowest part of the wave is called the ?
a)
frequency
b)
crest
c)
amplitude
d)
trough
18.
The highest point of a wave is called the ?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
19.
What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a second?
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
midpoint
d)
crest and trough
20.
A compression wave is another name for a 
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
electromagnetic wave
c)
radio wave
d)
hair wave
21.
In a longitudinal wave, the particles move...?
a)
back and forth
b)
up and down
c)
not at all
d)
at a 90 degree angle
22.
Amplitude is a measure of how much _________ the wave is carrying
a)
energy
b)
matter
c)
medium
d)
frequency
23.
_____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Wavelength
c)
Frequency
d)
Crest
24.
The longer the _____________  the ______________ the frequency.
a)
wavelength, lower
b)
wavelength, higher
c)
amplitude, lower
d)
amplitude, higher
25.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
26.
When a wave's amplitude increases it means
a)
it's carrying more energy
b)
its wavelength gets longer
c)
its frequency increases
d)
its wavelength decreases
27.
What is the distance from point D to H called?
a)
Crest
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Frequency
28.
The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface that it cannot pass through is called......
a)
Resonance
b)
Diffraction
c)
Refraction
d)
Reflection
29.
In which type of wave does the matter move in the same direction as the direction of the wave?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Transverse
c)
Sound
d)
Compression
30.
The frequency of a wave is the _________________of waves passing a given point per second.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Wavelength
c)
Number
d)
Speed
31.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.
a)
varying
b)
long
c)
the same
d)
short
32.
The orange line is measuring the _________________________.
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
trough
33.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
34.
All waves carry ________ as they travel from one place to another.
a)
matter
b)
space
c)
energy
d)
water
35.
This is what you get when sound waves are reflected, or bounce back, off of a hard surface.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Pitch
c)
Volume
d)
Echo
36.
Larger amplitude means 
a)
more energy
b)
energy does not change
c)
less energy
37.
Amplitude is 
a)
top of a wave
b)
bottom of a wave
c)
wave height
d)
how often a wavelength travels
38.
Which of these waves has a higher frequency?
a)
blue
b)
red
39.
Which of the following is NOT a mechanical wave?
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
ocean
d)
seismic
40.
Many different types of organisms. 
a)
Pioneer species
b)
Community
c)
Biodiversity
d)
Population
41.

1. What are renewable resources?

a)

. Resources that are used faster than they form

b)

resources that can replenish themselves over time

c)

resources that formed over millions of years

d)

resources that exist only in rural areas

42.

According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

a)

Metals

b)

paper

c)

plastics

d)

Yard trimmings

43.

Lava or ash spewing from a mountain vent

a)

Earthquake

b)

Flood

c)

Drought

d)

Volcano

44.
A long period with no rain
a)
Earthquake
b)
Flood
c)
Drought
d)
Volcano
45.
A large wave created by an underwater earthquake
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
c)
Tsunami
d)
Meteor
46.

Rain with a decreased pH that can cause harm to plants, animals, and built structures is called

a)

hurricane

b)

purple rain

c)

rainfall

d)

acid rain

47.

A measure of the amount of pollution in the air; the higher the air quality, the lower the air pollution is known as

a)

air fitness

b)

smog

c)

weather report

d)

air quality

48.
We see objects because light is refracted from them?
a)
True
b)
False
49.
The color of light is determined by _______ of the light waves?
a)
the medium
b)
the frequency
c)
the amplitude
d)
the speed
50.
A pencil in a glass of water appears to be bent at the surface of the water because of _____.
a)
reflection
b)
a mirror
c)
warping
d)
refraction
51.
The ray that bounces off of a plane mirror is called the ______.
a)
incident ray
b)
angle of incidence
c)
normal
d)
reflected ray
52.
Mirrors that bulge out are called:
a)
Concave mirrors
b)
Convex mirrors
53.
Which picture represents what happens when light travels through a CONVEX lens?
a)
A- left picture
b)
B - Right picture
54.
The ocean is blue because it is reflecting
a)
all colors of light except blue
b)
blue light
c)
yellow light
d)
no colors of light.
55.
True or False:
We see colors because those colors are reflected back to our eyes. 
a)
True
b)
False
56.
Which of the following has the greatest amount of energy
a)
Red Light
b)
UV 
c)
Microwave
d)
X-Ray
57.
A red bird appears red because it REFLECTS what color
a)
Magenta
b)
Red
c)
Cyan
d)
Doesn't reflect any light
58.

High energy light consist of ________ wavelength and _______ frequency

a)

Short, Low

b)

Long, Low

c)

Short, High

59.
This is an example of...
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Polarization
d)
Spectrum
60.
_____ is a lens that is thinner in the middle..
a)
Convex
b)
Concave
61.

The bouncing back of light waves off of a surface is...

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Light

d)

Lens

62.

The bending of light waves as they travel from one surface to another...

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Light

d)

Lens

63.

Light travels...

a)

around corners

b)

in a straight line

64.

When an object soaks in the light it _____________

a)

absorbs

b)

reflects

c)

refracts

65.

What causes the light to refract as it passes from air to water?

a)

a change in temperature of the light

b)

a change in illumination of the light

c)

a change in speed of the light

d)

a change in brightness of the light

66.

What does light travel fastest in?

a)

solid

b)

liqid

c)

gas

d)

vacuum

67.

What does light travel slower in?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

68.

This image is an example of...

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorption

69.

This image is an example of...

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorption

70.

What is happening to every color but red?

a)

reflected

b)

absorbed

c)

refracted

71.

Which of the following best define the term ‘Genetic Modification Organism’ (GMO)?

a)

GMO is an organism that had its DNA artificially altered.

b)

GMO is an organism that had its DNA artificially altered by the addition of genes from the DNA of unrelated species.

c)

GMO is an organism that had its DNA artificially altered by the mutation process to its DNA.

72.

Both electromagnetic and mechanical waves can experience reflection (echo).

a)

True

b)

False

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