WorksheetsWaves, Light and Sound
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 19hrs 45mins
A WAVE is
move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal
style (hair) so that it curls slightly.
a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
A repeating motion that travels through a medium
Define WAVELENGTH
a person's ideas and way of thinking, especially as it affects their ability to communicate with others
The distance between neighboring crests, troughs or any equivalent points of a wave
The highest part of a wave
The time required for a single event to occur
Define CREST
a substance through which waves can travel
the lowest part of a wave
the highest part of a wave
distance a wave travels
A wave that moves a medium in a direction PERPENDICULAR to the direction the wave travels is called a -
reflected wave
transverse wave
surface wave
longitudinal wave
If a wavelength decreases, what happens to the sound?
it has a lower pitch
it would get louder
it would have a higher pitch
it would get softer
True or false. The longer the wavelength and the shorter the amplitude, the more quiet the sound will be.
true
false
The shorter the wavelength and the shorter the amplitude makes for a
lower pitch
higher pitch
True or false. Sound travels faster than light.
false
true
What do sound waves need to travel through?
medium
vacuum
wave
light
When a wave moves PARALLEL to the direction the wave travels, it is a
surface wave
transverse wave
longitudinal wave
reflected wave
True or false. Bats and dolphins are similar because they both produce sounds and listen for echos to locate objects.
true
false
Which color of light has the lowest frequency?
red
violet
orange
yellow
Sound travels far more quickly than a student sleeping during an exam, but it travels most quickly through...
cold water
stainless steel
cold air
warm air
When you are being pursued by the police for stealing a candy bar from Head's Grocery Store with the blue lights flashing and the sound of the siren is being driven toward you making the pitch increase. The sounds waves are...
at a higher frequency.
at the same frequency.
at a lower frequency.
at a decreasing frequency.
When I see you out of area, your image is inverted onto my retina by...
my cone cells and rod cells
my hair cells
a concave lens
a convex lens
You know how when you are taking forever in the bathroom because you and your bestie are staring at yourselves in the mirror and Mrs. Droegmiller hollers into the bathroom that it is time to go with her voice bouncing off the walls. Relate the two events.
reflection
refraction
absorbtion
diffraction
When Whiplash creates waves at a constant speed by continuously flipping his hair out of his eyes, the frequency increase as
amplitude decreases
amplitude increases
wavelength decreases
wavelength increases
When Shahid colors his hands red like roses, you see red due to the fact that
red light is absorbed.
red light is reflected
red light reaches the hand.
eyes see only red when all others are filtered out.
Which invention is based on echolocation by animals?
telephone
mircrowave
sonar
radio
Do you see the smoke or hear the shot first and why?
hear first; too long to hear the sound
see; can't hear if you can't see the pistol
hear; sound travels faster than light
see; light travels faster than sound
A represents
amplitude
crest
equilibrium or rest postion
wavelength
Human eyes respond to a narrow range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves including
ultraviolet light
infrared llight
visible light
compressional light
Transverse waves have crest and troughs. Longitudinal waves have:
reflections and echoes
compressions and rarefactions
dopplers and diffraction
anivls and stirrups
the faster something vibrates, the ____________________ its pitch
slower
longer
lower
higher
What do all waves transmit
matter
water
energy
sound
Pitch is a measure of
how fast a baseball is coming towards you
how slow a vibration moves through a solid
how high or low a sound is perceived to be
how quiet or loud a sound is
Decibels are the most common units used to measure
loudness
media
pitch
longitudinal waves
The Doppler Effect is noticed in which of the following situations
when a car with its honking horn moves towards you and then drives away
when birds fly in formation, and the goose at the front is honking
when a drum is struck hard
when sound does not travel in a vacuum
The number of waves produced in a given amount of time is the wave's
amplitude
wave speed
wave length
frequency
A light wave is both a(n)
longitudinal wave and transverse
transverse and electromagnetic
electromagnetic and stagnant waves
opaque and transverse wave
What kind of wave can pass through a vacuum
electric
mechanical
energy
electromagnetic
A medium is
a wave
the blind spot at the back of the eye
the middle part of the ear
a substance through which matter can travel
What is G on the transverse wave
wavelength
crest
trough
amplitude
What is J on the transverse wave
crest
rest position
wavelength
trough
What is H on the transverse wave
crest
amplitude
trough
rest position
What is F on the transverse wave
trough
wavelength
amplitude
crest
What is the dotted line on the transverse wave
amplitude
wavelength
rest position
trough
•The combination of two or more waves that results in a single wave.
Reflection
Refraction
Sound waves
Interference
A lens that is thicker in the middle that at the edges
Convex
Concave
Reflection
Tripod
•A change in the direction of a wave when the wave finds an obstacle or an edge, such as an opening.
reflection
refraction
diffraction
convex
•The bending of a wave as it passes between two substances in which the speed of the wave differs.
reflection
refraction
diffraction
convex
•A lens that is thinner in the middle that at the edges.
Convex
Concave
Reflection
Tripod
•An observed change in the frequency of a wave when the source or observer is moving.
reflection
Doppler effect
pitch
radar effect
•The maximum distance that the particles of a wave’s medium vibrate from their resting position.
pitch
frequency
wavelength
amplitude
•A longitudinal wave that is caused by vibrations and that travels through a material medium.
transverse wave
sound waves
electromagnetic waves
the faster something vibrates, the ____________________ its pitch
slower
longer
lower
higher
Transverse waves have crest and troughs. Longitudinal waves have:
reflections and echoes
compressions and rarefactions
dopplers and diffraction
anivls and stirrups
Waves that can travel only through a medium are called
Mechanical waves
Electromagnetic waves
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
How does the energy of wave near the center compare with the energy of a wave farther away from the center?
The energy of the wave near the center is greater
The energy of all the waves is the same
The energy of the wave far away from the center is greater
None of these is correct
What is a wave front?
It's the distance between crests of a transverse wave
It's the distance between troughs of a transverse wave
It's the maximum displacement from the equilibrium position of matter moving because of the wave
It's what happens when waves spread out in circles as they move farther from the center of disturbance
Imagine a person in a pool float at the beach. She is riding up and down on the waves. She starts timing when she's in a wave trough. It takes her five seconds to be in a trough again. What is the period of this wave?
Two and a half seconds
Five seconds
Ten seconds
We don't know
What is the relationship between period and frequency?
They are the same thing
One is the reciprocal of the other
One is twice the other
One is half the other
An ocean wave has a wavelength of 15 meters. Its period is 10 seconds. What is the wave's speed?
1.5 m/s
5 m/s
25 m/s
150 m/s
What is another way to find the speed of a wave?
Frequency divided by wavelength
Frequency times wavelength
Frequency plus wavelength
Frequency minus wavelength
A wave on a string moves at 12 m/s. Its wavelength is 3 m. What is its frequency?
4 Hz
9 Hz
15 Hz
36 Hz
The amplitude of a sound wave primarily controls what?
The intensity (loudness) of the sound
The pitch of the sound
Both these things
Neither of these things
Why do we see rainbows after storms?
There are water droplets in the atmosphere
Light bends as it travels between air and water
Different wavelengths of light bend at slightly different angles
All these things are true
