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Test #3 Vocab

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the change in direction of a wave away from the boundary in which the wave encounters?

a)

Medium

b)

Reflection

c)

Absorption

d)

Refraction

2.

What are waves that periodically emit electric and magnetic fields?

a)

Hertz

b)

Mechanical Wave

c)

Transmission of Waves

d)

Electromagnetic Wave

3.

What is the distance between two crests?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Frequency

d)

Opaque

4.

What is an electromagnetic wave that can travel 186,000 miles/second without a medium.

a)

Mechanical Wave

b)

Radiation in Waves

c)

Resonance

d)

Light

5.

What is the SI unit for frequency?

a)

Hertz

b)

Transmission of Waves

c)

Amplitude

d)

Reflection

6.

What is a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

a)

Diffraction

b)

Refraction

c)

Transverse Waves

d)

Translucent

7.

What is the reflection of sound waves?

a)

Mechanical Wave

b)

Echo

c)

Absorption

d)

Resonance

8.

What is a wave that is a vibration in matter, transferring energy through a material?

a)

Trough

b)

Amplitude

c)

Mechanical Wave

d)

Absorption

9.

What is the process by which a beam of light or other wave spread out as a result of passing through a narrow opening?

a)

Diffraction

b)

Sound

c)

Resonance

d)

Longitudinal Wave

10.

What allows light to pass through so that objects behind can be clearly seen?

a)

Opaque

b)

Medium

c)

Crest

d)

Transparent

11.

What are vibrations that travel through a medium and can be heard when they reach an animal's ear?

a)

Translucent

b)

Light

c)

Sound

d)

Frequency

12.

What is a substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another?

a)

Motion

b)

Opaque

c)

Light

d)

Medium

13.

What is the tendency of a system to vibrate with increasing amplitudes at some frequencies of excitation?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Resonance

d)

Transverse Wave

14.

What is the change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to another, in other words, the path of the wave bends.

a)

Refraction

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

d)

Echo

15.

What occurs when light hits an object and its electron begins to vibrate for brief periods of time? If the object is transparent, the electrons are transmitted to neighboring atoms through the object and re emitted to the other side of the object.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Transmission of Waves

c)

Absorption

d)

Hertz

16.

What is blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light?

a)

Frequency

b)

Motion

c)

Opaque

d)

Wave

17.

What is a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium without progress by the points themselves?

a)

Wave

b)

Crest

c)

Wavength

d)

Amplitude

18.

What is the highest point the medium rises to?

a)

Light

b)

Trough

c)

Mechanical Wave

d)

Crest

19.

What is the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves?

a)

Echo

b)

Resonance

c)

Radiation in Waves

d)

Wavelength

20.

What is a change in position of an object over time?

a)

Motion

b)

Opaque

c)

Light

d)

Medium

21.

What is the transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it?

a)

Electromagnetic Wave

b)

Absorption

c)

Reflection

d)

Sound

22.

What is the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as the direction of propagation of the wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Echo

c)

Longitudinal Wave

d)

Amplitude

23.

What is the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Hertz

d)

Frequency

24.

What transmits and diffuses light so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly?

a)

Translucent

b)

Opaque

c)

Sound

d)

Transparent

25.

What is the lowest point the medium sinks to?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Trough

c)

Amplitude

d)

Crest

26.

What is the maximum displacement moved by a point on wave measured from its equilibrium position and is equal to one-half the length of the vibration path?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Echo

c)

Translucent

d)

Crest