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Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
2.
A wave that does not require a medium
a)
A. electromagnetic wave.
b)
B. surface wave
c)
C. medium
d)
D. transverse wave
3.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
4.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
5.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
6.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
7.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
8.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
9.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
10.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through...
a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air.
d)
glass.
11.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
12.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
13.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
14.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
15.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of these
16.
crest to crest or trough to trough
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
17.
Electromagnetic waves include the following except
a)
radio waves
b)
X-rays
c)
doing the wave at a football game
d)
microwaves
18.
regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space
a)
crest
b)
energy
c)
wave
d)
trough
19.
which material does sound travel the fastest?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gases
20.
When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example echo)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
21.
When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
22.
What kind of wave can travel through space?
a)
electromagnetic waves
b)
compressional waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
longitudinal waves
23.
A wave carries...?
a)
energy only
b)
matter only
c)
the matter carries the energy
d)
neither
24.
The action of a wave bouncing off a surface is called __________________.
a)
rarefaction
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
diffraction
25.
Amplitude reflects the amount of ____________________ in a wave.
a)
energy
b)
compression
c)
rarefaction
d)
speed
26.
A _____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
compression
27.
This type of Electromagnetic wave shows a break in bones.
a)
gamma ray
b)
x-ray
c)
brokenometer
d)
radio wave
28.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
29.
Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
milk
b)
desk
c)
air
d)
door
30.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
31.
Sound is caused by?
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
d)
medium
32.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
33.
Sound is a form of?
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
d)
matter
34.
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
35.
Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?
a)
Gas molecules are packed tightly.
b)
Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.
c)
Solid molecules are packed tightly.
d)
Gas molecules move slowly.
36.
The units for frequency are measured in _____________.
a)
hertz
b)
seconds
c)
m/s
d)
m
37.
In a transverse wave, the oscillations are moving?
a)
back and forth
b)
vertically
c)
up and down
d)
wherever the matter's going
38.
In a longitudinal wave, the sound moves forward and the oscillations move?
a)
back and forth
b)
up and down
c)
vertically
d)
in the direction of the hertz
39.
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
a)
Longitudinal waves
b)
Transverse waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
P-waves
40.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles
41.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
42.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal/Compressional
c)
Both
d)
Neither
43.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
44.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
45.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
46.
Sound needs a medium to travel through. What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
47.
Why can you not hear sound in space?
a)
Distance is to great
b)
It has no medium
c)
The medium is too thin
48.
In class I spoke about being on a floaty. When a boat goes by you bob up and down. the amount of times you bob up and down refers to?
a)
Wavelength
b)
Frequency
c)
AMplitude
49.
The louder a noise is? The greater the _________?
a)
amplitude
b)
medium
c)
wavelength
50.
What waves have a greater energy; high amplitude or low amplitude?
a)
High
b)
Low
51.
Sound travels the slowest in what media?
a)
Solid
b)
Liquid
c)
Gas
52.
The shorter the wavelength, the stronger or weaker the wave?
a)
Stronger
b)
Weaker
53.
What travels faster, the speed of sound or the speed of light?
a)
Sound
b)
Light
54.
When our eyes see a red shirt, it means the other colors are being?
a)
Absorbed
b)
Reflected
c)
Diffused
d)
Refrected
55.
EM waves require what in order to travel?
a)
Medium
b)
Nothing
56.
Which wave is a compressional/longitudinal wave?
a)
A
b)
B
57.
When you squeeze spring coils together then release them, you are creating a ______________ wave.
a)
Transverse
b)
Light
c)
Seismic
d)
Compressional
58.
All waves are produced by ____________.
a)
Sound
b)
Vibrations
c)
Light
d)
Splashing
59.
Waves that can only travel through a medium are called _____________ waves.
a)
Mechanical
b)
Medium
c)
Energetic
d)
Light
60.
An object causes a wave to change direction and bend.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
c)
Diffraction
d)
Interference
61.
When two or more waves overlap and the waves ADD to each other.
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Reflection
d)
Positive
62.
When two or more waves overlap and combine and the waves SUBTRACT.
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Negative
d)
Diffraction
63.
Bending of waves caused by a change in wave speed as it moves from one medium to another.
a)
Interference
b)
Refraction
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Diffraction
64.
Which is the correct formula to calculate wave velocity?
a)
W=FXd
b)
a+b=c
c)
V=fxwavelength
d)
S=d/t
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