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WorksheetsLesson 1 What Are Waves?
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Waves that need a medium to travel through are called?
a)
longitudinal
b)
mechanical
c)
transverse
d)
machine
2.
The lowest part of the wave is called the ?
a)
frequency
b)
crest
c)
amplitude
d)
trough
3.
The highest point of a wave is called the ?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
4.
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
5.
material in which a mechanical wave travels
a)
medium
b)
vacuum
c)
black holes
d)
chocolate
6.
makes the particles in a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
7.
Wave that moves perpendicular to the motion of the wave
a)
transverse
b)
compressional
c)
physical
d)
chemical
8.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spaced further apart?
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
energy
d)
work
9.
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another is known as:
a)
wave
b)
energy
c)
vacuums
d)
matter
10.
What kind of wave vibrates perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling is called.....
a)
sound wave
b)
longitudinal
c)
transverse
d)
mechanical
11.
Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?
a)
light wave
b)
sound wave
c)
visible wave
d)
radio wave
12.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
13.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
14.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
15.
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
16.
Mechanical waves need a _______ to travel through.
a)
Medium
b)
Vacuum
c)
Plane
d)
Force
17.
Which is an example of a medium that waves can travel though?
a)
Water
b)
Energy
c)
Heat
d)
A stadium
18.
What type of medium do earthquakes travel through?
a)
water
b)
air
c)
bubbles
d)
the ground
19.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefraction
20.
Which letter is marked at the crests of the wave?
a)
C
b)
A
c)
B
d)
D
21.
Which letter is marked at the troughs of the wave?
a)
C
b)
A
c)
B
d)
D
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