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WorksheetsQuiz Bowl Q4
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
A moving disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.
longitudinal waves
wave
transverse wave
time
The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a unit of time.
amplitude
pitch
frequency
trough
What is rarefaction?
The area of a longitudinal wave where the molecules are the most spread apart.
The combination of two or more waves that exist in the same place at the same time.
The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface or boundary.
The bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening.
True or False? Seismic Waves are Earthquakes waves, including primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves.
False
True
What is amplitude?
The area of a longitudinal wave where that molecules are the most spread apart.
The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a unit of time.
The distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.
The distance from the crest (or trough) of a wave to the rest position of the medium.
True or False. The lowest point of a transverse wave is the trough.
True
False
What is matter?
anything that has weight and takes up space.
anything that has mass and takes up space.
T or F. A pure substance that is made up of ONLY one kind of atom is an element.
False
True
What is an atom?
none of the choices are correct.
The smallest part of a substance formed by a chemical bonding.
The smallest unit of a pure substance that still has the properties of that substance.
What is mass?
the measure of the amount of matter in an object.
anything that has mass and takes up space.
True or False? Solubility is the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to dissolve in a solvent.
False
True
If a substance is insoluble then it can not dissolve in a solvent.
True
False
Electromagnetic Energy is
the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid.
the transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another.
energy of light and other forms of radiation
the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
Conduction is the
transfer of heat by movement of a fluid
transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another
direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
True or False. Radiation is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
false
true
Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one substance to another.
True
False
What are convection currents?
The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of a fluid to another.
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.
The process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out.
True or False. Heat is the movement of thermal energy from an object at a high temperature to an object at a lower temperature.
False
True
Which is not a type of energy?
mass
kinetic
light
chemical
Kinetic Energy is
energy that an object has due to its motion.
stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object.
energy that depends on the height of an object.
The highest point of a transverse wave is the
trough
crest
amplitude
frequency
The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a unit of time is called the
amplitude
trough
frequency
crest
The wavelength of a wave is the
distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.
area of a longitudinal wave where the moles are the most spread apart.
True or False. Diffraction is the bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening.
False
True
What does compression of a wave mean?
The area of a longitudinal wave where the molecules are the most crowded together.
A wave caused by a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields. This sort of wave does not require a medium.
