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Quiz Bowl Q4

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A moving disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.

a)

longitudinal waves

b)

wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

time

2.

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a unit of time.

a)

amplitude

b)

pitch

c)

frequency

d)

trough

3.

What is rarefaction?

a)

The area of a longitudinal wave where the molecules are the most spread apart.

b)

The combination of two or more waves that exist in the same place at the same time.

c)

The bouncing back of a wave when it hits a surface or boundary.

d)

The bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening.

4.

True or False? Seismic Waves are Earthquakes waves, including primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves.

a)

False

b)

True

5.

What is amplitude?

a)

The area of a longitudinal wave where that molecules are the most spread apart.

b)

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a unit of time.

c)

The distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.

d)

The distance from the crest (or trough) of a wave to the rest position of the medium.

6.

True or False. The lowest point of a transverse wave is the trough.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is matter?

a)

anything that has weight and takes up space.

b)

anything that has mass and takes up space.

8.

T or F. A pure substance that is made up of ONLY one kind of atom is an element.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

What is an atom?

a)

none of the choices are correct.

b)

The smallest part of a substance formed by a chemical bonding.

c)

The smallest unit of a pure substance that still has the properties of that substance.

10.

What is mass?

a)

the measure of the amount of matter in an object.

b)

anything that has mass and takes up space.

11.

True or False? Solubility is the physical property that describes the ability of a substance to dissolve in a solvent.

a)

False

b)

True

12.

If a substance is insoluble then it can not dissolve in a solvent.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Electromagnetic Energy is

a)

the transfer of heat by movement of a fluid.

b)

the transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another.

c)

energy of light and other forms of radiation

d)

the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

14.

Conduction is the

a)

transfer of heat by movement of a fluid

b)

transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another

c)

direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves

15.

True or False. Radiation is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

a)

false

b)

true

16.

Refraction is the bending of light as it passes from one substance to another.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What are convection currents?

a)

The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of a fluid to another.

b)

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material by 1 kelvin.

c)

The process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out.

18.

True or False. Heat is the movement of thermal energy from an object at a high temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Which is not a type of energy?

a)

mass

b)

kinetic

c)

light

d)

chemical

20.

Kinetic Energy is

a)

energy that an object has due to its motion.

b)

stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object.

c)

energy that depends on the height of an object.

21.

The highest point of a transverse wave is the

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

22.

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a unit of time is called the

a)

amplitude

b)

trough

c)

frequency

d)

crest

23.

The wavelength of a wave is the

a)

distance between a point on one wave and the identical point on the next wave.

b)

area of a longitudinal wave where the moles are the most spread apart.

24.

True or False. Diffraction is the bending of a wave as it passes an edge or an opening.

a)

False

b)

True

25.

What does compression of a wave mean?

a)

The area of a longitudinal wave where the molecules are the most crowded together.

b)

A wave caused by a disturbance in electric and magnetic fields. This sort of wave does not require a medium.