WorksheetsWaves
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do waves need in order to travel?
a)
mass
b)
energy
c)
amplitude
d)
matter
2.
What kind of waves are compared to a slinky or coiled spring?
a)
water
b)
seismic
c)
transverse
d)
compressional
3.
Select the technique below that is used to search for underwater objects?
a)
diffraction
b)
x-rays
c)
sonar
d)
ultrasound
4.
____________ is a measure of how many wavelengths pass a certain point each second.
a)
vibration
b)
frequency
c)
wavelength
d)
speed
5.
If the intensity of a wave increases, the ____________ of a wave increases.
a)
loudness
b)
pitch
c)
crest
d)
trough
6.
____________ waves have medium particles that move in the same direction as the motion of the wave.
a)
Ocean
b)
ultrasound
c)
compressional
d)
transverse
7.
If you shake a slinky slowly the wavelength of the waves will _____________.
a)
increase
b)
decrease
c)
stay the same
d)
disappear
8.
What is the velocity of a wave with a frequency of 550 Hz and a wavelength of .23m?
a)
12.65 m/s
b)
126.5 m/s
c)
1265 m/s
d)
1.26 m/s
9.
A wave with a wavelength of 12m travels at 245 m/s. Calculate it's frequency.
a)
2.04 Hz
b)
20.41 Hz
c)
204.1 Hz
d)
2041 Hz
10.
How does your brain interpret the intensity of a sound?
a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
amplitude
d)
loudness
11.
Frequency is measured in ________.
a)
m/s
b)
hertz
c)
newtons
d)
meters
12.
What must be moving for the Doppler effect to occur?
a)
source
b)
listener
c)
waves
d)
source and/or listener
13.
If the number of waves going by a certain point increases, the __________ decreases.
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
crests
14.
A wave that has more energy than another wave has a greater ________________.
a)
wavelength
b)
frequency
c)
speed
d)
amplitude
15.
What causes sound?
a)
reverberations
b)
vibrations
c)
waves
d)
frequencies
16.
Complete the following analogy: As amplitude increases, loudness __________.
a)
stays the same
b)
disappears
c)
increases
d)
decreases
17.
Which of the following is constructive interference?
a)
crest meets trough
b)
trough meets trough
c)
amplitude meets crest
d)
amplitude meets trough
18.
If wave frequency doubles, the wavelength ____________.
a)
doubles
b)
is halved
c)
stays the same
d)
quadruples
19.
When the crest of one wave passes through the trough of another wave what occurs?
a)
the wave disappears
b)
gets faster
c)
constructive interference
d)
destructive interference
20.
Sound is made up of _______________ waves.
a)
compressional
b)
transverse
c)
diffracted
d)
refracted
21.
Sound travels faster in ____________.
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
empty space
22.
Repeating disturbances that transfer energy through matter or space are ___________.
a)
sounds
b)
rarefactions
c)
vibrations
d)
waves
23.
The particles in a compressional wave that are farthest apart are called ______________.
a)
wavelengths
b)
Hertz
c)
rarefactions
d)
compressions
24.
If the frequency of a water wave changes its ___________ must also change.
a)
density
b)
size
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
25.
The symbol for wavelength stands for ___________.
a)
delta
b)
distance
c)
lambda
d)
size
26.
Refraction and diffraction are similar because they both involve __________________.
a)
water
b)
light
c)
the bending of waves
d)
wave interference
27.
What is the equation for wave speed?
a)
v=w/f
b)
v=wf
c)
v=f/w
d)
v=w-f
28.
Sound does not travel in ___________.
a)
solids
b)
empty space
c)
liquids
d)
gases
29.
The continuous reflecting of waves is called _____________.
a)
bending
b)
acoustics
c)
reverberation
d)
sound
30.
Waves that travel through a medium are ______ waves.
a)
electromagnetic
b)
compressional
c)
transverse
d)
mechanical
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