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Waves Practice Test

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Distance from 'y' to 'y' is a _______
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
2.
What is represented by the letter 'x'?
a)
Crest
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Wavelength
3.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
4.
What part is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Crest
b)
Resting Point
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
5.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
6.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
When light hits something like a raindrop or a prism, it will...
a)
Be absorbed
b)
Refract, or bend
c)
Neither 
8.

What is the process called for the bending of light?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Transmission

d)

Scattering

9.

When light passes through a prism, why do you see different colors?

a)

Each color has a different wavelength, so they all bend at different angles

b)

Because Stone Cold said so

c)

Because the prism is magical and allows you see the colors

d)
10.
Material (matter) through which a wave travels
a)
medium
b)
Doppler Effect
c)
sound
d)
pitch
11.

The part of a sound wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

a)

rarefaction

b)

compression

c)

crest

d)

trough

12.

Sound waves are also known as ----- waves.

a)

Compression

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Neither

d)

Both longitudinal and compression

13.

True or False: Sound waves are faster than light.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

The unit for measuring frequency is the ---

a)

Joule

b)

Hertz

c)

Gram

d)

Newton

15.

Sound waves that are beyond the range of human ear are known as ----

a)

Infrasonic waves

b)

Ultrasonic waves

16.

Sonar and echolocation use ----- to detect objects under water.

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

17.

What do waves carry from place to place?

a)

Water

b)

Energy

c)

States of Matter

d)

Work Load

18.

What is the formula for finding the speed of a wave?

a)

speed = wavelength x frequency

b)

speed = frequency / wavelength

c)

wavelength = speed / frequency

d)

frequency = speed / wavelength

19.

Which type of wave travels perpendicular to the disturbance?

a)

Transverse

b)

Surface

c)

Longitudinal

20.

Which type of wave travels parallel to the disturbance?

a)

Transverse

b)

Surface

c)

Longitudinal

21.

Why can you not speak in space?

a)

There is no medium for your voice to travel.

b)

Space is too far away to hear.

c)

Our vocal cords will not vibrate in space.

d)

Sound waves are electromagnetic waves.

22.

Which material absorbs the most visible light?

a)

Sunglass lens

b)

Mirror

c)

Clear glass

d)

Black cloth

23.

Which material reflects the most visible light?

a)

Sunglass lens

b)

Mirror

c)

Clear glass

d)

Black cloth

24.
Refraction causes waves to bounce back off of an object.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
When light waves are absorbed, they can become heat.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The picture best represents
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Diffraction
d)
Interference
27.
When the two waves in the picture (to the left) meet, they will go through
a)
Reflection
b)
Constructive Interference
c)
Destructive nNterference
d)
Refraction
28.
Heather puts a straw into a glass of water. She notices that the straw appears to be broken when she looks through the glass and the water from the side. Which term bestexplains why the straw looks like it is broken?
a)
absorption
b)
refraction
c)
scattering
d)
transmission
29.
Calvin shines a thin beam of light onto a material, and the light refracts. Which diagram best shows what happens to the light?
a)
Picture # 1
b)
Picture # 2
c)
Picture # 3
d)
None of the Above
30.
Habib looks around his classroom at different objects. Which object reflects almost all of the light that strikes it?
a)
a white poster board
b)
clear window class
c)
a red book cover
d)
black construction paper
31.
During a thunderstorm, Sanjay saw lightning and then heard thunder 5 s later. Why does he see the lightning before he hears the thunder?
a)
He would have seen the lightning and heard the thunder at the same time.
b)
Sound travels faster than light.
c)
Light travels faster than sound.
d)
There is no reason.
32.
Red light waves and yellow light waves travel through air and strike the surface of glass. Only the yellow light waves travel through the glass as shown in the figure below. Which of these phrases best describes what the glass does?
a)
reflects red light
b)
absorbs yellow light
c)
transmits yellow light
d)
transmits red light
33.
Sunlight contains all visible wavelengths of light. Each wavelength is a different color. When sunlight passes into and out of a raindrop, the light rays bend. Which color of light bends the most?
a)
blue
b)
orange
c)
green 
d)
red
34.
Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light 
a)
travels at the same speed in air and in glass. 
b)
frequency is greater in air than in glass. 
c)
frequency is greater in glass than in air. 
d)
travels slower in glass than in air.
35.
Which object would a sound wave travel the fastest through?
a)
brick wall
b)
pool
c)
oxygen
d)
lake
36.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

37.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

38.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

39.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

40.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

41.

This wave requires a medium.

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

42.

This wave is caused by the vibration of particles

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

43.

This wave can travel through empty space

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

44.

In these waves as frequency increases, wavelength decreases.

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

45.

These waves travel faster through empty space than through solid, liquid, or gas.

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

d)

Neither

46.

Higher amplitude = more energy

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

47.

Low frequency = less energy

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

d)

Neither

48.

This is our ability to sense different sound frequencies

a)

Tone

b)

Volume

c)

Pitch

d)

Speed

49.
When the sound source moves, the frequency changes
ex. police car siren sounding lower pitch after the car passes
a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
Doppler Effect
d)
medium
50.
High Amplitude =__________________
a)
Louder sounds
b)
Quieter Sounds
51.
Low frequency = _______ Pitch
a)
Low
b)
High
52.
If a wave is traveling at 260 m/s and has a wavelength of 0.8 m/s, what is its frequency?
a)
208 Hz
b)
325 Hz
c)
430 Hz
d)
160 Hz
53.

Which sound wave shows the sound with the highest pitch?

a)
b)
c)
54.

Which sound wave shows the loudest sound?

a)
b)
c)
55.

If someone is standing to the left of this wave, they would hear a ______ pitch than someone standing to the right of it.

a)

uglier

b)

prettier

c)

higher

d)

lower

56.

The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s. The frequency of the sound waves generated by my voice is 720 Hz. Calculate the wavelength of sound of my voice.

a)

380 m

b)

0.472 m

c)

2.11 m

d)

244,800

e)

none of these are correct

57.

Flashlights, headlights, and a make-up mirror are all examples of

a)

concave mirrors

b)

convex mirrors

58.

Store security mirrors and rear view mirrors are both examples of

a)

concave mirrors

b)

convex mirrors

59.

The law of reflection states that when light rays strike a plane mirror they are

a)

reflected at a smaller angle at which they arrived

b)

reflected at the same angle at which they arrived

c)

reflected at a larger angle at which they arrived

60.
All rays that are parallel to the principle axis in a concave mirror reflects 
a)
Towards the focal point
b)
Away from the focal point
c)
Towards the center of curvature
d)
Away from the center of curvature
61.
What type of image does this lens form?
a)
Virtual image
b)
Real Image
c)
No Image
62.
Compared to the object in front the lens, its image is.....
a)
inverted and smaller
b)
inverted and larger
c)
not inverted and smaller
d)
not inverted and larger
63.
Speed of light in a vacuum is
a)
represented by the symbol "c"
b)
3.00 X108 m/s 
c)
both answers are correct
64.
If I were to stand in front of a flat mirror 5m away how many would I appear on the flat mirror
a)
10m
b)
5m
c)
0m
d)
1m/s
65.
What is the index of refraction of a refractive liquid if the angle of incidence in the air is 35 degrees and the angle of refraction is 14 degrees?
a)
1.33
b)
2.21
c)
2.37
d)
1.72
66.

Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
67.
What type of image is formed when rays of light actually intersect?
a)
real
b)
virtual
c)
projected
d)
curved
68.
Which one is a convex lens?
a)
A
b)
B
69.
What type of image is formed in a plane mirror?
a)
Real
b)
Virtual
c)
Enlarged
d)
Small
70.

The human eye is only capable of seeing which electromagnetic wave?

a)

Infrared Light

b)

Ultraviolet Light

c)

Visible Light

d)

All of the above

71.

A ray of light traveling through a block of an unknown material, passes at an angle of incidence of 30° into air, as shown in the diagram below.What is the angle of refraction?

a)

60°

b)

90°

c)

30°

d)

10°

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