WorksheetsTest #3 Vocab
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is the change in direction of a wave away from the boundary in which the wave encounters?
Medium
Reflection
Absorption
Refraction
What are waves that periodically emit electric and magnetic fields?
Hertz
Mechanical Wave
Transmission of Waves
Electromagnetic Wave
What is the distance between two crests?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency
Opaque
What is an electromagnetic wave that can travel 186,000 miles/second without a medium.
Mechanical Wave
Radiation in Waves
Resonance
Light
What is the SI unit for frequency?
Hertz
Transmission of Waves
Amplitude
Reflection
What is a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation.
Diffraction
Refraction
Transverse Waves
Translucent
What is the reflection of sound waves?
Mechanical Wave
Echo
Absorption
Resonance
What is a wave that is a vibration in matter, transferring energy through a material?
Trough
Amplitude
Mechanical Wave
Absorption
What is the process by which a beam of light or other wave spread out as a result of passing through a narrow opening?
Diffraction
Sound
Resonance
Longitudinal Wave
What allows light to pass through so that objects behind can be clearly seen?
Opaque
Medium
Crest
Transparent
What are vibrations that travel through a medium and can be heard when they reach an animal's ear?
Translucent
Light
Sound
Frequency
What is a substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another?
Motion
Opaque
Light
Medium
What is the tendency of a system to vibrate with increasing amplitudes at some frequencies of excitation?
Amplitude
Crest
Resonance
Transverse Wave
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.
Refraction
Frequency
Amplitude
Echo
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.
Wavelength
Transmission of Waves
Absorption
Hertz
What is blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light?
Frequency
Motion
Opaque
Wave
What is a progressive disturbance propagated from point to point in a medium without progress by the points themselves?
Wave
Crest
Wavength
Amplitude
What is the highest point the medium rises to?
Light
Trough
Mechanical Wave
Crest
What is the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves?
Echo
Resonance
Radiation in Waves
Wavelength
What is a change in position of an object over time?
Motion
Opaque
Light
Medium
What is the transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it?
Electromagnetic Wave
Absorption
Reflection
Sound
What is the displacement of the medium is in the same direction as the direction of propagation of the wave?
Crest
Echo
Longitudinal Wave
Amplitude
What is the number of waves that pass a fixed point in unit time?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Hertz
Frequency
What transmits and diffuses light so that objects beyond cannot be seen clearly?
Translucent
Opaque
Sound
Transparent
What is the lowest point the medium sinks to?
Wavelength
Trough
Amplitude
Crest
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?
Amplitude
Echo
Translucent
Crest
