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WorksheetsWave/Sound Retake Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
All of the following are types of waves EXCEPT:
Longitudinal Waves
Antinode Waves
Surface Waves
Transverse Waves
If 240 waves pass a point in one minute (60 seconds), the frequency is _____.
24 Hz
240 Hz
4 Hz
14400 Hz
An example of a reflected wave is _____.
an echo
a transverse wave
a standing wave
a tsunami
Which of the following is not a basic property of waves?
Wavelength
frequency
speed
amplitude
Trough
Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling are what type of wave?
Transverse Wave
Longitudinal Wave
Surface Wave
Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are traveling are what type of waves?
Transverse Wave
Longitudinal Wave
Surface Wave
What do you call a wave that is a combination of a transverse and a longitudinal wave?
Longitudinal Wave
Transverse Wave
Surface Wave
Standing Wave
What is the highest part of a transverse wave?
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
Amplitude
What is the lowest part of a longitudinal wave?
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
Amplitude
What does a wave transfer from place to place as it travels through a medium?
Matter
The Medium
Sound
Energy
What is the measure from the rest line to the top of a crest called in a longitudinal wave?
Trough
Negative Crest
Amplitude
Wavelength
What so you call the measure from crest to crest of a transverse wave?
Trough
Crest
Wavelength
Amplitude
What is the amplitude of this wave?
12 cm
6 cm
20 cm
0 cm
What is the wavelength of this wave?
12 cm
6 cm
20 cm
0 cm
Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal wave?
Surface wave
Light
Electromagnetic Waves
Sound
Sound travels best through which medium?
Solid
Liquid
Gas
Plasma
In our study of waves, what is a medium?
The middle number in a sequence of numbers.
A person that believes they can contact other beings.
The material though which a wave travels.
The energy carried in a wave.
What type of wave is displayed at the top of this image?ce
Longitudinal Wave
Transverse Wave
Surface Wave
The animation represents which of the following types of wave interactions? (Choose all that apply)
Constructive Interferrence
Regular Reflection
Diffuse Reflection
Destructive Interference
What is constructive interference?
When two waves combine to make a wave with a larger amplitude.
When the amplitudes of two waves combine with each other producing a smaller amplitude.
When a wave hits a surface through which it cannot pass and it bounces back.
The bending of waves due to a change in speed, when a wave moves from one medium into another medium at an angle.
