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Waves Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How is wavelength measured?

a)

From trough to crest (B to D)

b)

From the center line to the crest (B to C)

c)

From the crest of one wave to the crest of the next (B to F)

d)

From one end of the wave to the far end of the wave (A to H)

2.
True or False: 
Frequency is how many waves pass per second. 
a)
True
b)
False
3.
If you increase frequency what happens to the wavelength?
a)
Wavelength increases
b)
Wavelength decreases
c)
Wavelength remains the same
4.
When amplitude is increased how will it effect a light wave?
a)
Increase fequency
b)
Increased brightness
c)
Increases volume
d)
Decreases brightness 
5.

Why are oranges orange...?

a)

Because they emit orange light from their cells

b)

Because they absorb all visible wavelengths except orange (630-605 nm) which is reflected back into your eyes

c)

Because they are actually a combination of some green and a little more red light

d)

Because orange is the yummiest color

6.
What do we call the section of the EM spectrum that humans can perceive? 
a)
Ultraviolet
b)
The rainbow
c)
The visible spectrum
d)
Black and white
7.
What structure in eyes allows animals to perceive color?
a)
Optic nerve
b)
Cornea
c)
Cones
d)
Iris
8.
What is the range (in nano meters) of the visible spectrum?
a)
100- 700 nm
b)
550-950 nm
c)
200-800 nm
d)
700-400 nm
9.
When you see the color red, around what wave length are you seeing?
a)
720- 650 nm
b)
600- 500 nm
c)
450- 340 nm
d)
660- 400 nm
10.
What is really happening when you see white light?
a)
You are seeing white light
b)
You are seeing a rainbow that's been combined
c)
You are seeing equal parts red, green, and blue light
d)
You are only seeing florescent light
11.

Which of these electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelength on the EM spectrum?

a)

Ultraviolet

b)

Visible red light

c)

Microwaves

d)

x-rays

12.
Which of these waves has the longest wavelength?
a)
Orange
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
Green
13.

The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is referring to what...?

a)

A range of electrical magnets

b)

A variety of light waves that vary in length and frequency

c)

How rainbows are made!

d)

Energy waves that are percieved as sounds

14.

Which EM wave has the highest frequency and shortest wavelength?

a)

x-rays

b)

Visible light

c)

Gamma waves

d)

Radio Waves

15.

True or False: Sound waves always require a medium to travel through.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What type of wave is a sound wave?

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Shock wave

c)

Compression wave

d)

Volume wave

17.
Which of these waves has the highest frequency?
a)
Orange
b)
Red
c)
Purple
d)
Green
18.
What is amplitude in a wave?
a)
How wide it is
b)
How fast it travels
c)
How much energy it has
d)
How frequently it passes you 
19.

In light waves higher amplitude means?

a)

Louder volume

b)

Brighter light

c)

Blue light

d)

Red light

20.

How are sound waves created?

a)

By certain wavelength being reflected off objects and into our eyes

b)

By vibrations compressing the air in a repeating wave

c)

By tiny vibrations rubbing together

d)

By sound particles traveling in a transverse wave

21.

This picture is an example of what kind of wave?

a)

Particle wave

b)

Sound wave

c)

Light wave

d)

Snow wave

22.

Which wave has the highest frequency?

a)

Red (1)

b)

Blue (2)

c)

Green (3)

d)

They are all the same frequency

23.

Knowing these are light waves, which would be blue light?

a)

The high frequency wave

b)

The low frequency wave

c)

Neither are blue light

24.

How do you measure amplitude?

a)

From the bottom of a wave to the top of a wave

b)

From the middle of a wave to the top of a wave

c)

From the crest of one wave to the crest of the next wave

d)

From the beginning to the end of the wave

25.

Which wave has a higher amplitude?

a)

The red one

b)

The blue one

c)

The same amplitude