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Waves Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the highest point of the wave?

a)

Wave

b)

Medium

c)

Crest

d)

Transverse

2.

What word means the bending of a wave as it passes around a barrier?

a)

Diffraction

b)

Interference

c)

Resonance

d)

Trough

3.

What is the word when two or more waves overlap and combine to form a new wave?

a)

Refraction

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wave

d)

Interference

4.

What is the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Compressional

c)

Transverse

d)

Medium

5.

What is the lowest point of a wave?

a)

Refraction

b)

Standing wave

c)

Trough

d)

Amplitude

6.

What is it called when matter moves at right angles to the direction the wave travels?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Crest

c)

Transverse waves

d)

Frequency

7.
The substance the wave travels through (solid, liquid, gas)
a)
Seismic
b)
Medium
c)
Trough
d)
Crest
8.
The bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another. 
a)
Reflection
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Refraction
9.

Two students are modeling waves using a length of rope between them, as shown below.

Based on the information above, what will most likely occur when the two waves interact?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

A student uses a springy metal coil to model a wave, as shown. Which type of wave is most like the student's model?

a)

Longitudinal wave

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Standing wave

d)

Diffractional wave