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Waves

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which travels faster, light or sound?
a)
light
b)
sound
2.
What is the top of a wave?
a)
trough
b)
crest
3.
What is the bottom of a wave?
a)
trough
b)
crest
4.

What is the distance between crests?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

5.
What is the height of a wave?
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
6.

Which wave travels in outer space?

a)

light

b)

sound

7.
When you yell under water, what is the medium that sound travels through?
a)
air
b)
water
8.
A wave is a disturbance that transfers:
a)
matter
b)
energy
9.

What type of wave is sound?

a)

transverse

b)

longitudinal

10.

What is the red line showing?

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

11.

What the letter b showing?

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

12.

What is the letter d showing?

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

13.

What is the letter a showing?

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

14.

Sound travels fastest through:

a)

air

b)

water

c)

wood

d)

saltwater

15.

At which temperature would sound move fastest?

a)

40 degrees

b)

-20 degrees

c)

60 degrees

d)

90 degrees