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Waves

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wave?

a)

a disturbance that transfers energy

b)

a disturbance that transfers matter

c)

any type of energy that makes particles move

d)

any type of matter that vibrates back and forth

2.

What wave property is position 1?

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

3.

What wave property is position 2?

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

4.

What wave property is position 3?

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

5.

What wave property is position 4?

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

6.

What wave property is position A?

a)

amplitude

b)

rarefaction

c)

compression

d)

wavelength

7.

What wave property is position B?

a)

amplitude

b)

rarefaction

c)

compression

d)

wavelength

8.

What wave property is position C?

a)

amplitude

b)

rarefaction

c)

compression

d)

wavelength

9.

What type of wave is this?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

c)

latitudinal

d)

electromagnetic

10.

What type of wave is this?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

c)

latitudinal

d)

electromagnetic

11.

The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wave speed

d)

wave acceleration

12.

What kind of wave can travel through space?

a)

mechanical

b)

longitudinal

c)

transverse

d)

electromagnetic

13.

The action of a wave bouncing off a surface is called _____________.

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

rarefaction

d)

diffraction

14.

What causes the pencil to appear broken

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

rarefaction

d)

diffraction

15.

Amplitude reflects the amount of ____________________ in a wave.

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

speed

d)

particles

16.

Which wave carries more energy?

a)

blue

b)

violet

c)

yellow

d)

red

17.

Sound waves will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?

a)

desk

b)

milk

c)

water

d)

air

18.

Mechanical waves travel fastest through which of the following types of matter?

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

plasma

19.

Sound is caused by?

a)

instruments

b)

vibrations

c)

force

d)

mediums

20.

Which object reflects almost all of the light that strikes it?

a)

a black table

b)

a red book

c)

a blue hat

d)

a white board

21.

Which object absorbs almost all of the light that strikes it?

a)

a black table

b)

a red book

c)

a blue hat

d)

a white board

22.

Which of these is NOT a type of mechanical wave?

a)

seismic wave (earthquake)

b)

water waves

c)

sound waves

d)

electromagnetic waves

23.

What direction do waves travel from the source?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

up

d)

all directions

24.

Which statement is true regarding mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

a)

Both types of waves require a medium.

b)

Neither type of wave requires a medium.

c)

A mechanical wave requires a medium, but an electromagnetic wave does not.

d)

The speed of an electromagnetic wave can be affected by a medium, but the speed of a mechanical wave cannot.

25.

Which of these are transparent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Which of these are translucent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

Which of these are opaque?

a)
b)
c)
d)