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Waves Review 2

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Waves move ___ through vibrations
a)
Energy
b)
Matter
c)
Mass
d)
Weight
2.
What is the wavelength?
a)
Length
b)
Height
c)
# of waves
3.
What is the amplitude?
a)
length
b)
height
c)
# of waves
4.
Which is the wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
If the frequency gets higher, the wavelength gets 
a)
longer
b)
shorter
6.
If the wavelength gets longer, the frequency gets 
a)
higher
b)
lower
7.
The pitch of the sound depends on
a)
frequency
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
8.
The loudness of the sound depends on
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
frequency
9.
Which electromagnetic wave is responsible for cell phones?
a)
gamma
b)
xray
c)
microwaves
d)
radio
10.
Which EM wave is used to treat cancer?
a)
gamma
b)
radio
c)
xray
d)
infrared
11.
Which EM wave has the lowest frequency?
a)
radio
b)
xray
c)
gamma
d)
infrared
12.
Which EM wave has the longest wavelength?
a)
light
b)
radio
c)
ultraviolet
d)
red
13.
Which color has the lowest frequency?
a)
red
b)
green
c)
blue
d)
violet
14.
Which color has the highest frequency?
a)
blue
b)
yellow
c)
orange
d)
violet
15.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
16.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast 
17.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
18.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
19.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
20.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
21.

What does GPS stand for?

a)

Great Person Super

b)

Globe Positioning Status

c)

Global Positioning System

d)

Grapes Peel Superbly

22.

Amplitude is the distance between

a)

the crest and the trough

b)

each wave

c)

the middle point of a wave and the clouds

d)

the crest or trough and the middle point of the wave

23.

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

24.
How often a wave occurs is the wave's __________________
a)
crest
b)
frequency
c)
wavelength
d)
resting point
25.
The distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave  (example- crest to crest) is its _____________________
a)
trough
b)
frequency
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
26.
The frequency of a wave is measured in __________________. 
a)
inches
b)
hertz
c)
periods
d)
eras
27.
Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to  _________________.
a)
vibrate
b)
expand
c)
move
d)
compress
28.
Any material that a wave travels through is called a ____________________.
a)
vibration
b)
compression
c)
medium
d)
crest
29.
In what type of wave does the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave?
a)
surface wave
b)
longitudinal wave
c)
transverse wave
d)
electromagnetic wave
30.
The three types of mechanical waves are transverse, surface, and _______________ waves
a)
medium
b)
water
c)
longitudinal
d)
crest
31.
In longitudinal waves, the parts where the coils are spread apart are called what?
a)
rarefactions
b)
compressions
c)
mechanicals
d)
longitudes
32.
In what type of wave does the medium move perpendicular to the movement of the wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Electromagnetic
d)
Radio
33.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
34.
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
35.
The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.
a)
Density
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Amplitude
36.
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Compressions and rarefactions
b)
Crests and troughs
c)
Compressions and crests
d)
Rarefactions and troughs
37.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
38.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
39.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
40.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
41.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
42.
Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
43.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
44.
Which travels faster, light or sound?
a)
light
b)
sound
45.
Sound travels fastest in:
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
46.
When you yell under water, what is the medium that sound travels through?
a)
air
b)
water
47.
A wave is a disturbance that transfers:
a)
matter
b)
energy
48.
Which of the following is NOT a mechanical wave?
a)
sound
b)
light
c)
ocean
d)
seismic
49.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
50.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
51.
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
52.

You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no

a)

medium

b)

light

c)

energy

d)

heat

53.

All waves carry ________ as they travel from one place to another.

a)

matter

b)

space

c)

energy

d)

water

54.

If the wavelength of a wave increased, what would happen to the frequency?

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

stay the same

55.

Mechanical waves usually travels fastest as the temperature of the medium:

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

56.

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

57.

Which are properties of a mechanical wave?

a)

can be longitudinal or transverse

b)

can move through space

c)

must have matter to move

d)

carries energy

58.

What are properties of electromagnetic waves?

a)

carry energy

b)

can move through space

c)

can move through matter

d)

include x-rays

59.

Water waves are unique because they:

a)

are transverse waves

b)

are longitudinal waves

c)

carry energy

d)

move matter from place to place

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