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WorksheetsUnit 2 - Waves
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
2.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
3.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point in a second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
4.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
5.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through____________.
a)
a vacuum (empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air.
d)
glass.
6.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
7.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
8.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
11.
Through which material does sound travel fastest?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gases
12.
When a wave strikes an object and bounces off (ex: echo) is a _____________.
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
13.
When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another (ex: straw in a glass of water).
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
14.
What kind of waves can travel through space?
a)
electromagnetic waves
b)
compressional waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
longitudinal waves
15.
A wave carries________________.
a)
energy only
b)
matter only
c)
the matter carries the energy
d)
neither
16.
Amplitude reflects the amount of ____________________ in a wave.
a)
energy
b)
compression
c)
rarefaction
d)
speed
17.
This type of electromagnetic wave shows a break in bones.
a)
gamma ray
b)
x-ray
c)
brokenometer
d)
radio wave
18.
_______ carry the greatest amount of energy.
a)
X-rays
b)
Gamma rays
c)
Infrared rays
d)
Visible light
19.
Cell phones use_____________waves.
a)
microwaves
b)
gamma
c)
x-Rays
d)
radio
20.
Sound is caused by _________.
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
d)
medium
21.
What is a 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
22.
Sound is a form of?
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
d)
matter
23.
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.
24.
The units for frequency are measured in _____________.
a)
hertz
b)
seconds
c)
m/s
d)
m
25.
What do mechanical waves travel through?
a)
Medium
b)
Empty space
c)
Vacuum
d)
The boo
26.
How would a person measure the wavelength on this sound wave?
a)
dense to less dense
b)
trough to crest
c)
compression to compression
d)
beginning of illustration to the end
27.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is spread apart?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
28.
What do we call the part of a compressional wave when the waves are squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
29.
What kind of wave moves at right angles (perpendicular) to the direction of the medium?
a)
compressional waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
transverse waves
d)
ultraviolet rays
30.
Which of the following is NOT a mechanical wave?
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
ocean
d)
seismic
31.
A compressional wave is another name for a ____________________________.
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
electromagnetic wave
c)
radio wave
d)
hair wave
32.
The longer the _____________ the ______________ the frequency.
a)
wavelength, lower
b)
wavelength, higher
c)
amplitude, lower
d)
amplitude, higher
33.
You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no __________________
a)
matter
b)
light
c)
energy
d)
heat
34.
Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?
a)
light wave
b)
sound wave
c)
visible wave
d)
radio wave
35.
Waves that move parallel to the direction of the medium are ______________________.
a)
transverse
b)
longitudinal
c)
seismic
d)
water
36.
EM waves require what in order to travel?
a)
Medium
b)
Nothing
c)
Space
37.
What EM waves cause sunburn?
a)
Visible light
b)
Ultraviolet
c)
Infrared
d)
Microwaves
38.
What can electromagnetic waves travel through?
a)
mediums
b)
empty space
c)
solely solids
d)
both mediums and empty space
39.
This behavior occurs when waves bend from changing speed:
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
transmission
d)
absorption
40.
The shorter the wavelength the
a)
shorter the frequency.
b)
higher the frequency.
c)
frequency stays the same.
d)
less energy.
41.
Which interaction is when waves bend around a barrier?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Diffraction
d)
Interference
42.
___________________ is when a crest of one wave overlaps with the trough of another wave.
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Constructive Interference
d)
Destructive Interference
43.
_____________ are waves that form a stationary pattern because they are traveling in opposite directions
a)
Transverse waves
b)
Constructive waves
c)
Destructive waves
d)
Standing waves
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