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Wave Properties Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Waving goodbye

d)

Stadium wave

2.

Material through which some waves travel, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

a)

Trough

b)

Peak

c)

Wavelength

d)

Medium

3.

The high points of a transverse wave.

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

4.

The low points of a transverse wave.

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

5.

Sound travels in which kind of wave?

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

6.

Light waves and water waves travel in what type of waves?

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Longitudinal waves

7.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
8.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
9.
A wave carries...?
a)
energy only
b)
matter only
c)
energy and matter
d)
neither
10.
_____________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Wavelength
c)
Frequency
d)
Crest
11.

What type of wave travels perpendicular or up and down?

a)

Sound

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Amplitude

d)

Transverse

12.

When more energy is added to a wave, it’s amplitude does what?

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Goes to zero

13.

Waves that require a material to travel though are called

a)

electromagnetic waves

b)

mechanical waves

c)

ocean waves

d)

transverse waves

14.

Electromagnetic waves are examples of

a)

transverse waves

b)

longitudinal waves

c)

mechanical waves

d)

ocean waves

15.

This picture is an example of which type of wave?

a)

transverse wave

b)

longitudinal wave

c)

ocean wave

16.

A short wavelength will have

a)

a low frequency

b)

low energy

c)

a high frequency

17.

#1 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

18.

#2 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

19.

#3 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

20.

#4 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

21.

How high or low you perceive a sound to be is called ___________.

a)

frequency

b)

pitch

c)

infrasound

22.

Sounds waves are an example of which type of wave?

a)

Longitudinal Waves

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Electromagnetic Waves

23.
It is the part of the wave where the particles are close together.  It is part A on this picture. 
a)
Compression
b)
Amplituide
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Wavelength
24.
It is the part of the wave where the particles are spread out.  It is part B in this picture. 
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
25.

The __ effect is an apparent change in the pitch of a sound.

a)

Ohms

b)

Edison

c)

Doppler

d)

Volta