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WorksheetsWaves by JaDarrius Williams
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
Waves have crests and troughs. Which one of them are at the top?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
2.
The wavelengths is related to the pitch.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The Doppler effect (or the Doppler shift) is the change in ______ or _______ of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source.
a)
Frequency or Pitch
b)
Wavelenth or Sound
c)
Frequency or Wavelength
d)
Sound or Signal
4.
When waves are compressed, they are
a)
Far apart
b)
Moving up and down
c)
Close together
d)
Moving side ways
5.
Sound waves going under a door and into the room is an example of
a)
Refraction
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Diffusion
d)
Diffraction
6.
As the wavelength get longer, the pitch is______ but as the wavelength gets shorter the pitch is ______
a)
Higher, Lower
b)
Loud, Quiet
c)
Lower, Higher
d)
Quiet, Loud
7.
There are two types of waves: Transverse and Longitudinal. Which one of those have rarefactions?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
8.
A LOUD sound has a large
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Frequency
d)
Volume
9.
The _______ is the distance between two peaks or crests.
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Sound
d)
Wavelength
10.
What type of wave is needed in order for you to see your own reflection?
a)
Reflection waves
b)
Sound waves
c)
Light waves
d)
Transverse
11.
Which statement is true?
a)
Mechanical waves require a medium, but electromagnetic do not
b)
Electromagnetic waves require a medium, but mechanical waves do not.
c)
Sound waves are compression waves.
d)
All of the above
12.
Sound waves travel the fastest through
a)
Water
b)
Air
c)
Steel
d)
A vacuum
13.
What does diffraction and refraction have in common?
a)
They both ONLY deal with water
b)
They both bend
c)
They both are related to reflection
d)
They both ONLY deal with science
14.
Sound waves
a)
Need a medium to travel through
b)
Are compression waves
c)
Bend only in water
d)
All of the above
15.
Why would sound waves travel faster in saltwater than freshwater?
a)
It wouldn't
b)
It's closer packed and more dense
c)
Salt water has two compounds but freshwater only have one
d)
Less dense objects would travel faster
16.
Refraction occurs when
a)
Objects appear to be bent
b)
Objects appear to be where they aren't
c)
2 different speeds are present
d)
All of the above
17.
The best example of diffraction is
a)
Sound coming inside your room from outside the room through the space under your door
b)
A pencil seemingly to be broken in a glass of water
c)
Looking at your reflection in a mirror
d)
None of the above
18.
The best example of the Doppler effect would be
a)
A police car driving past you with its sirens on
b)
Hearing someone's voice through water
c)
Knocking on a wall and another person hearing it through another wall
d)
A fire truck's siren being loud as it approaches you and then fades away as it drives off.
19.
Refraction would occur when light passes through which material the best?
a)
Air
b)
Water
c)
Glass
d)
Water and glass
20.
What does longitudinal and transverse waves have in common?
a)
They both are waves
b)
They both require a medium
c)
They both are present ONLY while in water
d)
The both ONLY deal with sound
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