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Vocabulary Quiz-Part2

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Wave mean?

a)

transport of energy without the transport of matter.

b)

move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.

c)

groups of spectators briefly stand, yell, and raise their arms.

2.

Medium-A substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another

a)

True

b)

False

3.

______ is the highest point the medium rises to

a)

Frequency

b)

Crest

c)

Wave length

d)

compression

4.

Low point on transverse wave?

a)

Wave

b)

Crest

c)

Trough

5.

Waves that require a medium?

a)

Mechanical waves

b)

Transverse wave

c)

pitch

6.

whats at the bottom of the ocean

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Medium

7.

Vibrates the medium in the same direction in which the waves travel

a)

Longitudinal wave

b)

Pitch

c)

Echo

8.

Particles are far apart on a longitudinal wave

a)

Frequency

b)

wave speed

c)

rarefaction

9.

are waves that are created as a result of vibrates between an electric field and a magnetic field

a)

Pitch

b)

loudness

c)

electromagnetic wave

10.

Amplitude- the maximum distance the ,medium vibrates from the rest position?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

wave length -the speed at which a wave travel

a)

true

b)

False

12.

wave length- the distance from any point on a wave toan identical point on the next wave

a)

true

b)

false

c)

neither

13.

wave speed

a)

how fast the wave is moving

b)

at which a wave travels through a medium

c)

a wave moving

14.

number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time

a)

frequency

b)

loudness

c)

wave length

15.

pitch- the sensation of frequency is common only refereed to as pitch of a sound?

a)

false

b)

true

16.

loudness- the subjective perception of a sound pressure

a)

fasle

b)

true

17.

Echo- a reflected wave

a)

true

b)

false

18.

A ________________is a region in a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together.

a)

interference

b)

diffraction

c)

compression

19.

_________________is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated.

a)

interference

b)

diffraction

c)

Reflection

d)

compression

20.

diffraction-the process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture

a)

true

b)

false

21.

the process in which two or more light, sound, or electromagnetic waves of the same frequency combine to reinforce or cancel each other

a)

interfernce

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection