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WorksheetsBehavior of Waves
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is causing you to be able to see two sets of mountains in this picture?
a)
refraction of light
b)
reflection of light
c)
transmission of light
d)
absorption of light
2.
Hey! That straw looks broken. Why?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
3.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
4.
Maurice is wearing a yellow shirt. What behavior is causing our eye to see the yellow waves?
a)
absorption
b)
transmission
c)
reflection
d)
refraction
5.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
6.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
7.
What do we call the top of the wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
8.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
9.
Frequency is a measure of...
a)
length of the wave
b)
height of the wave
c)
number of waves a second
d)
number of waves an hour
10.
The blue section of the wave is measuring _________________.
a)
wavelength
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
amplitude
11.
An example of this is an echo
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
12.
Two waves come together and interact to form a new, smaller wave. This process is called
a)
destructive interference
b)
constructive interference
c)
reflective interference
d)
positive interference
13.
To identify the amplitude in a longitudinal wave, you would measure areas of
a)
reflection
b)
compression
c)
crests
d)
refraction
14.
Hey! That straw looks broken. Why?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
15.
What is the name of a material in which waves, like sound waves, seismic waves, and waves in a slinky
a)
Vacuum
b)
Medium
c)
Mechanical
d)
Space
16.
What is a repeating disturbance or vibration that transfers or moves energy from place to place?
a)
Medium
b)
Wave
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
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