NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsWaves-Sound and Light
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
2.
What do we call the top of the wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
3.
Waves are a transfer of what?
a)
Heat
b)
Light
c)
Energy
d)
Food
4.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
5.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
Which letter represents the wave trough?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
7.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
8.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
9.
What is another name for wave height?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
10.
Which answer best explains how a wave is created?
a)
A wave is created when energy stays still
b)
A wave is created when a force causes a vibration
c)
A wave is created when molecules become a medium
d)
A wave is created when a liquid becomes a solid
11.
Waves can travel through empty space or they can travel through a medium. Which statement best describes a medium?
a)
The solid matter that waves travel through
b)
The gas matter that waves travel through
c)
The liquid matter that waves travel through
d)
The solid, liquid, or gas matter that waves travel through
12.
Sound is caused by?
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
13.
What is frequency?
a)
the number of vibrations per second
b)
how high or low a sound is
c)
the loudness or softness of a sound
d)
the back and forth movement of matter
14.
What is 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
15.
Sound is a form of?
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
16.
Measure of how high or low a sound is
a)
amplitude
b)
compression
c)
speed of sound
d)
pitch
17.
The highest pitch is made by the _______ instrument.
a)
biggest
b)
wooden
c)
smallest
d)
shiniest
18.
An object that does not vibrate cannot produce
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
heat
d)
electricity
19.
What is volume?
a)
how high or low a sound is
b)
the loudness or softness of a sound
c)
the number of vibrations per second
d)
vibrations
20.
When light shines through a prism it creates a ________________
a)
colors
b)
ROY G. BIV
c)
spectrum
d)
electromagnetic wave
21.
Light is a form of
a)
energy
b)
radiation
c)
reflection
22.
Light waves have long wavelengths
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Light travels in a straight line
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Visible light is ...
a)
Light bulb
b)
sun
c)
light that we can see with our natural eye
d)
fire
Reset
