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WorksheetsSound and Light Chapter 1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
What happens when energy is applied to a medium and travels through it?
a)
A wave is formed
b)
the medium thing becomes a large thing
c)
The medium thing becomes a small thing
d)
the medium is destroyed
2.
Which of the following is true?
a)
Longitudinal waves do not transport energy as quickly
b)
transverse waves do not transport energy as quickly
c)
The medium moves in the same direction as the wave in a longitudinal wave
d)
The medium moves in the same direction as the wave in a transverse wave
3.
How does the medium (material) move when a transverse wave passes through it? (opposite means < >) (perpendicular means < ^)
a)
The medium moves in the same direction as the wave
b)
The medium moves in the opposite direction of the wave
c)
The medium moves perpendicular to the wave
d)
the medium moves beside the wave
4.
What is the spread out part of a wave called in longitudinal waves?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
5.
What are the main characteristics of waves that we studied?
a)
Amplitude, Wavelength, geometric ratio, speed
b)
Speed, Frequency, Wavelength, Amplitude
c)
Amplitude, Mass, Speed, Geometric ratio
d)
Height, length, size, and energy
6.
Amplitude is a measure of how much _________ a wave has.
a)
Height
b)
Length
c)
Velocity
d)
Energy
7.
When you change the wavelength of a wave, but keep the medium the same, what happens to the speed of the wave?
a)
it speeds up
b)
it slows down
c)
nothing
8.
When you change the frequency of a wave, but keep the medium the same, what changes?
a)
the wavelength
b)
the amplitude
c)
the speed
d)
the type of wave
9.
A wave that has to have a medium to travel through is what type of wave?
a)
mechanical
b)
nuclear
c)
photonic
d)
platonic
10.
Which is faster? the speed of sound, or the speed of light?
a)
Sound
b)
Light
11.
the speed of a wave is its frequency multiplied by it's
a)
Amplitude
b)
Speed
c)
Energy
d)
Wavelength
12.
the "squeezed together" part of a longitudinal wave is called a
a)
compression
b)
squeezed together bit
c)
stuck wave
d)
glued wave
13.
Surface are a combination of what two wave types?
a)
Transverse and horizontal
b)
Longitudinal and horizontal
c)
Longitudinal and Transverse
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