WorksheetsWaves Introduction
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
2.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
3.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
4.
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
a)
Longitudinal waves
b)
Transverse waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
P-waves
5.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
6.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles
7.
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Compressions and rarefactions
b)
Crests and troughs
c)
Compressions and crests
d)
Rarefactions and troughs
8.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
9.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
10.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
11.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
12.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
13.
Sound needs a medium to travel through. What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
14.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "A"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
15.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
16.
Which of the following is NOT a mechanical wave?
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
ocean
d)
seismic
17.
Which word is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
18.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
19.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
20.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
21.
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
22.
You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no
a)
medium
b)
light
c)
energy
d)
heat
23.
All waves carry ________ as they travel from one place to another.
a)
matter
b)
space
c)
energy
d)
water
24.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
25.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
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