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Test 3 Vocabulary

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is it called when a wave passes through a more dense to a less dense medium?

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Transmission of Waves

c)

Reflection

d)

Refraction

2.

What is a large vibration caused by an external force called?

a)

Sound

b)

Hertz

c)

Refraction

d)

Resonance

3.

What is a disturbance in an object that is usually a transmission of light or sound.

a)

Wave

b)

Wavelength

c)

Crest

d)

Trough

4.

What is a wave of energy produced by an magnetic field ?

a)

Mechanical wave

b)

Refraction

c)

Electromagnetic wave

d)

Transverse wave

5.

What is it called when a beam of light spread out after going through a narrow opening?

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Hertz

d)

Reflection

6.

What is the thing that carries a wave from one location to another?

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

c)

Medium

d)

Hertz

7.

What is the top part of a wave called?

a)

Hertz

b)

Trough

c)

Crest

d)

Wavelength

8.

What is the lowest part of a wave called

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Trough

d)

Frequency

9.

What is the distance between the crests/troughs of a wave called?

a)

Hertz

b)

Wavelength

c)

Amplitude

d)

Frequency

10.

What is the rate at which a vibration occurs in a wave called?

a)

Opaque

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

11.

What wave transfers energy through a medium?

a)

Hertz

b)

Magnetic Wave

c)

Opaque

d)

Transparent

12.

What wave has a crest and a trough that is usually a light wave?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Longitudinal Wave

d)

Hertz

13.

What wave has rarefaction and compression?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Mechanical Wave

d)

Wavelength

14.

What is the biggest extent of a wave from crest to trough called?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Hertz

d)

Motion

15.

What is the unit for frequency?

a)

Hertz

b)

Amplitude

c)

Opaque

d)

Transparent

16.

What is it called when an object moves?

a)

Reflection

b)

Motion

c)

Absorption

d)

Refraction

17.

What is the change in direction of a light or sound wave called?

a)

refraction

b)

hertz

c)

wave

d)

refection

18.

What is the bending of light or sound waves called?

a)

Wave

b)

Refraction

c)

Light

d)

Reflection

19.

What is a radiation of any wavelength called?

a)

Light

b)

Radiation of Waves

c)

Absorption

d)

Refraction

20.

What is it called when an object takes in certain colors?

a)

Absorption

b)

Light

c)

Transparent

d)

opaque

21.

What is it called when rays, waves, or particles are radiated or transmitted?

a)

Light

b)

Radiation in waves

c)

Absorption

d)

Hertz

22.

Allows light to pass through completely

a)

Transparent

b)

Translucent

c)

Opaque

23.

Allows some light to pass through. Doesn't show details

a)

Transparent

b)

Translucent

c)

Opaque

24.

Allows no light to pass through at all

a)

Transparent

b)

Translucent

c)

Opaque

25.

Vibrations that travel through the air that can be heard

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Echo

26.

What is a reflection of sound called?

a)

sound

b)

echo

c)

electromagnetic wave

d)

hertz