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Wave Test

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

2.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
3.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal 
d)
transverse wave 
4.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
5.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
6.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
7.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space
a)
crest
b)
energy
c)
wave
d)
trough
10.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
11.
Waves are a transfer of what?
a)
Heat
b)
Light
c)
Energy
d)
Food
12.
This type of Electromagnetic wave shows a break in bones.
a)
gamma ray
b)
x-ray
c)
brokenometer
d)
radio wave
13.
Which of these waves can travel in a vacuum (empty space)/
a)
sound wave
b)
radio wave
c)
compressional wave
d)
water wave
14.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light 
c)
matter
d)
particles
15.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
16.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
17.
How would a person measure the wavelength on this sound wave?
a)
dense to less dense
b)
trough to crest
c)
compression to compression
d)
beginning of illustration to the end
18.
Which answer best explains how a wave is created?
a)
A wave is created when energy stays still
b)
A wave is created when a force causes a vibration
c)
A wave is created when molecules become a medium
d)
A wave is created when a liquid becomes a solid
19.
Waves can travel through empty space or they can travel through a medium. Which statement best describes a medium?
a)
The solid matter that waves travel through
b)
The gas matter that waves travel through
c)
The liquid matter that waves travel through
d)
The solid, liquid, or gas matter that waves travel through
20.
When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example echo)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
21.
When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
22.

The throwing back by a wall or barrier of a sound wave without absorbing it.

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Reflection

d)

Absorption

23.

When a wave bends sharply through a narrow space.

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Reflection

d)

Absorption

24.

How do walls or barriers affect waves?

a)

Walls and barriers affect waves in by allowing waves to bounce back.

b)

Walls and barriers affect waves in two ways, waves can bounce back, or become absorbed.

c)

Walls and barriers affect waves in three ways, waves can bounce back, become absorbed, or pass through.

25.

How does echolocation work? (Use bats as an example).

a)

Echolocation is the use of sound waves and echoes to determine where objects are in space, using reflection.

b)

Echolocation is when the pray makes the sound for the animal to hear.

c)

Echolocation is the use of sound waves turning in a sharp detection because of passing through a narrow pathway.

26.

What is the difference between diffraction and refraction?

a)

Diffraction is the bending of waves as a result of the waves going to a small passage way. Refraction in the other hand, is the bending of a wave as the it moves to another medium.

b)

Diffraction is is the bending of a wave as the it moves to another medium. Refraction in the other hand, is the bending of waves as a result of the waves going to a small passage way.

c)

Diffraction is the bending of waves as a result of the waves bouncing from a barrier/wall. Refraction in the other hand, is the bending of a wave as it hits another wave.

27.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
28.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
29.
A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy
a)
high, low
b)
high, high
c)
low, high
d)
low, low
30.
If a sound was has a big amplitude, it will be a ____ sound. 
a)
soft
b)
loud
c)
high frequency
d)
low frequency
31.
Amplitude is a measure of how much _________ the wave is carrying
a)
energy
b)
matter
c)
medium
d)
frequency
32.
You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no
a)
matter
b)
light
c)
energy
d)
heat
33.
Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?
a)
Gas molecules are packed tightly.
b)
Sound does not travel faster through a solid than a gas.
c)
Solid molecules are packed tightly.
d)
Gas molecules move slowly.
34.

Why is the light from flashlight shining on boy's shirt?

a)

Reflection of light waves

b)

Refraction of light waves

c)

diffraction of light waves

d)

absorption of light waves

35.

What happened to the pencil?

a)

Light waves were reflected.

b)

Light waves were refracted.

c)

Light waves were absorbed.

36.

Which picture or pictures are an example of refraction?

a)
b)
c)
37.
a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

c)

Reflection

d)

Refraction

38.
You can see this text, your desk, and the person in front of you because light is being _______.
a)
absorbed
b)
refracted
c)
diffracted
d)
reflected
39.
What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?
a)
Constructive interference
b)
Destructive interference
c)
Increasing frequency
d)
Increasing period
40.

What does this image describe ?

a)

Reflection

b)

Difraction

c)

Interference

41.
Takes place when a wave passes from one medium into another at an angle and bends(changes direction) due to change in speed
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
interference
d)
diffraction
42.
What does it mean to refract?
a)
bounce off
b)
to bend
c)
curve outward
d)
reflect
43.
Wavelengths on the right side of the Electromagnetic spectrum are ______________.
a)
short
b)
long
c)
average
44.
The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-
a)
absorbed
b)
stopped
c)
reflected
d)
refracted
45.
This image is representing what wave interaction?
a)
Refraction
b)
Diffraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Interference

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