Worksheets4TH SBA Practice quiz
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following means the time for 1 complete cycle?
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
velocity
amplitude
amplitude
d)
velocity
2.
what is the distance between two identical points of a wave?
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
period
d)
velocity
3.
heat always flows from
a)
hot to cold
b)
north to south
c)
cold to hot
d)
lower temp to high temp
4.
the speed of a wave is determined by?
a)
wavelength
b)
medium
c)
period
d)
amplitude
5.
what is the velocity of a wave with a frequency of 16 hz and a wave length of .5
a)
32
b)
16
c)
8
d)
54
6.
which word is the same thing as heat?
a)
temperature
b)
mass
c)
amplitude
d)
energy
7.
amplitude is which of the following?
a)
distance from equalibrium
b)
crest to crest
c)
trough to trough
d)
here to galvaston
8.
which letter represents the amplitude?
a)
B
b)
E
c)
G
d)
H
9.
which represents the wavelength?
a)
b-e
b)
b-c
c)
b-g
d)
b-f
10.
What is the lowest point of any wave called
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
wave height
11.
what do you call the spread out area of a compression wave?
a)
translation
b)
crest
c)
rarefraction
d)
compression
12.
waves are disturbances that carry?
a)
particles
b)
matter
c)
energy
d)
motion
13.
if energy in a wave is lost, what property would be reduced?
a)
wavelength
b)
speed
c)
frequency
d)
amplitude
14.
if a cycle takes 3 seconds to complete what is the period
a)
1/3 hz
b)
1/3 s
c)
3 hz
d)
3 s
15.
which type of wave can travel through space?
a)
sound
b)
ocean
c)
light
d)
princess
16.
if a guy eats 10 hot dogs in 5 seconds, what is the frequency?
a)
50 hz
b)
.5 hz
c)
2 hz
d)
5 hz
17.
which of the following is an example of convection?
a)
ocean currents
b)
sunshine
c)
touching a hot stove
d)
a cupcake
18.
which object will heat up the fastest
a)
one with a low specific heat
b)
one with a high specific heat
c)
this is not the answer
d)
neither is this
19.
what happens to entropy when water turns into steam?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
fluxuates
d)
stays the same
20.
when 2 waves meet at the same time, what is it called
a)
resistance
b)
shock
c)
standing
d)
interference
21.
what do you call it when a wave bends around an object?
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
diffraction
d)
a real mess
22.
what do you call it when a wave bends and changes speed because it goes from one medium to another
a)
rarefraction
b)
diffraction
c)
inflection
d)
refraction
23.
when two crest meet at the same time, it causes....
a)
constructive interference
b)
destructive interference
c)
beats
d)
resonance
24.
if i clap my hands 50 times in one minute, what is the period?
a)
.833
b)
1.2
c)
50
d)
1/50
25.
the amount of heat required to raise one gram of a substance one degree celsius is called
a)
specific heat
b)
heat
c)
thermal heat
d)
one direction
26.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
27.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
28.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
29.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
30.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
31.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
32.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
33.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
34.
Electromagnetic waves include the following except
a)
radio waves
b)
X-rays
c)
doing the wave at a football game
d)
microwaves
35.
What is the definition of CONDUCTION?
a)
When heat is transferred from objects like rays of light or electromagnetically.
b)
a hot liquid or air that expands, becomes less dense, and rises or becomes more dense, and sinks.
c)
When heat transfers from objects that are touching.
d)
When heat transfers through the heater or AC in your house.
36.
What heat transfer happens when you burn your hand by touching a fire?
a)
Radiation
b)
Conduction
c)
Convectio
d)
I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!
37.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
38.
Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
a)
high to low
b)
low to high
c)
high to high
d)
It can travel high to low and low to high.
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