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WorksheetsMechanical Wave
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two types of a Mechanical Wave?
a)
Potential wave and Kinetic wave
b)
Potential wave
c)
Soundwave
d)
Longitudinal Wave and a Transverse Wav
2.
What part can you measure the wavelength?
a)
Crest to Crest
b)
Trough to Trough
c)
Rest point
d)
Crest to Crest and/or Trough to Trough
3.
A sound wave is a _________ wave.
a)
Longitudinal Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
4.
Fill in the blank.
Did you know a ________ ____, can look like a slinky?
Did you know a ________ ____, can look like a slinky?
a)
Longitudinal Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
c)
Water Wave
d)
Hand Wave
5.
James uses the word medium today. I thought he meant the size of his close but, he didn't mean it like that. What is the other definition of the word medium?
a)
Waves
b)
Atoms
c)
Size of the close James was wearing
6.
What is the top of a wave?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Energy
d)
Atoms
7.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
8.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
9.
crest to crest or trough to trough
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
10.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
11.
A wave carries...?
a)
energy only
b)
matter only
c)
the matter carries the energy
d)
neither
12.
Waves that require a medium to travel are known as
a)
transverse waves
b)
mechanical waves
c)
ocean waves
d)
light waves
13.
________________ particles vibrate up and down, while the wave as a whole moves left to right.
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
c)
Sound Wave
d)
Wavy hair
14.
In this wave, the atoms move side to side. The wave is called _____________
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
c)
Sound Wave
d)
Wavy hair
15.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
16.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
17.
Which of the following is an example of a medium?
a)
Air
b)
Water
c)
Walls of a building
d)
All of the above
18.
Regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space is a?
a)
crest
b)
energy
c)
wave
d)
trough
19.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
20.
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
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