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Wave/Sound Retake Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are types of waves EXCEPT:

a)

Longitudinal Waves

b)

Antinode Waves

c)

Surface Waves

d)

Transverse Waves

2.

If 240 waves pass a point in one minute (60 seconds), the frequency is _____.

a)

24 Hz

b)

240 Hz

c)

4 Hz

d)

14400 Hz

3.

An example of a reflected wave is _____.

a)

an echo

b)

a transverse wave

c)

a standing wave

d)

a tsunami

4.

Which of the following is not a basic property of waves?

a)

Wavelength

b)

frequency

c)

speed

d)

amplitude

e)

Trough

5.

Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling are what type of wave?

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Surface Wave

6.

Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are traveling are what type of waves?

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Surface Wave

7.

What do you call a wave that is a combination of a transverse and a longitudinal wave?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Surface Wave

d)

Standing Wave

8.

What is the highest part of a transverse wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

9.

What is the lowest part of a longitudinal wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

10.

What does a wave transfer from place to place as it travels through a medium?

a)

Matter

b)

The Medium

c)

Sound

d)

Energy

11.

What is the measure from the rest line to the top of a crest called in a longitudinal wave?

a)

Trough

b)

Negative Crest

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

12.

What so you call the measure from crest to crest of a transverse wave?

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

13.

What is the amplitude of this wave?

a)

12 cm

b)

6 cm

c)

20 cm

d)

0 cm

14.

What is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

12 cm

b)

6 cm

c)

20 cm

d)

0 cm

15.

Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal wave?

a)

Surface wave

b)

Light

c)

Electromagnetic Waves

d)

Sound

16.

Sound travels best through which medium?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

17.

In our study of waves, what is a medium?

a)

The middle number in a sequence of numbers.

b)

A person that believes they can contact other beings.

c)

The material though which a wave travels.

d)

The energy carried in a wave.

18.

What type of wave is displayed at the top of this image?ce

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Surface Wave

19.

The animation represents which of the following types of wave interactions? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Constructive Interferrence

b)

Regular Reflection

c)

Diffuse Reflection

d)

Destructive Interference

20.

What is constructive interference?

a)

When two waves combine to make a wave with a larger amplitude.

b)

When the amplitudes of two waves combine with each other producing a smaller amplitude.

c)

When a wave hits a surface through which it cannot pass and it bounces back.

d)

The bending of waves due to a change in speed, when a wave moves from one medium into another medium at an angle.