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Wave Patterns and Information Transfer

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_______ works by the bouncing of sound waves off and object and measuring the time the echoes take to return.

a)

echo

b)

reflection

c)

sonar

d)

echolocation

2.

What animals does NOT us echolocation?

a)

bats

b)

dolphins

c)

whales

d)

bears

3.

Are radio waves used by several current communication devices?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

When you hear the reflection of your voice, you are hearing a ______.

a)

pitch

b)

echo

c)

sound wave

d)

noise

5.

A sound wave with a high frequency has _____________.

a)

more wavelengths in a given amount of time

b)

fewer wavelengths in a given amount of time

c)

tall waves

d)

short waves

6.

A sound wave with a high pitch will have a low frequency.

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

Sound energy travels in ________.

a)

strings

b)

beams

c)

pulses

d)

waves

8.

The reason sounds are not heard in space are because ________

a)

space is too cold

b)

there is too much matter

c)

space is a vacuum with few particles

d)

energy cannot move in space

9.

What is the height of a sound wave called?

a)

amplitude

b)

altitude

c)

fequency

d)

length

10.

Echos are sound waves that are ________.

a)

absorbed

b)

reflected

c)

surfed

d)

transmitted

11.

The pitch of a sound is found by measuring the ________.

a)

crest height

b)

distance

c)

trough depth

d)

frequency

12.

Crests are the highest points of a wave.

a)

Yes

b)

No

13.

The distance from crest to crest on a sound wave is _______.

a)

wavelength

b)

trough

c)

crest

d)

amplitude

14.

What is frequency?

a)

the loud and quiet

b)

the number of vibrations in second

c)

the height of the wave

d)

the high and the low

15.

How do sound waves travel?

a)

in a straight path to your ear

b)

back and fourth from the source

c)

upward from the source

d)

outward in all directions

16.

A type of communication that uses short and long signals to represent letters is called _____________.

a)

Morse code

b)

echolocation

c)

computer programming

d)

binary code