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Wave Vocabulary

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The separation of white light into colory by wavelength.

a)

diffraction

b)

dispersion

c)

refraction

d)

reflection

2.

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

a)

mechanical wave

b)

electromagnetic wave

3.

Examples of a medium include...

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Vacuum

4.

The time required for a single wave cycle to occur.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Period

c)

Frequency

d)

Wavelength

5.

When a wave changes direction when it enters a new medium at an angle.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Dispersion

6.

When a wave bends or changes direction when it moves around a corner or through an opening.

a)

Dispersion

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Reflection

7.

When two waves overlap and produce a larger amplitude.

a)

Destructive Interference

b)

Constructive Interference

8.

The type of interference illustrated is?

a)

constructive interference

b)

destructive interference

9.

The wave behavior exhibited in the photo is?

a)

dispersion

b)

interference

c)

polarisation

d)

refraction

10.

The material in front of the apple is

a)

transparent

b)

opaque

c)

transluscent

11.

The illustration shows what type of wave?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Electromagnetic Wave

c)

Transverse Wave

d)

Mechanical Wave

12.

A wave that energy moves in a direction perpendicular (at a right angle) to the vibrating source?

a)

transverse wave

b)

longitudinal wave

13.

The apple in the photo is

a)

transparent

b)

transluscent

c)

opaque

14.

The photo illustrates what wave behavior?

a)

dispersion

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

polarisation

15.

The photo illustrates what wave behavior?

a)

dispersion

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

scattering

16.

What wave part is the letter "F" pointing to?

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

17.

What wave part is the letter "J" pointing to?

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

18.

What wave part is the letter "A" pointing to?

a)

compression

b)

crest

c)

rarefaction

d)

extension

19.

What type of wave is being illustrated?

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

mechanical wave

d)

longitudinal wave

20.

The distance between two corresponding locations on a wave?

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

frequency

d)

period

21.

The primary indicators of energy in a wave?

a)

wavelength

b)

period

c)

frequency

d)

amplitude

22.

The behavior identified by a change in the pitch of a sound when the source is changing positions relative to the observer.

a)

Butterfly Effect

b)

Side Effect

c)

Doppler Effect

23.

The illustration show what wave behavior?

a)

dispersion

b)

reflection

c)

the doppler effect

d)

refraction

24.

The location on a longitudinal wave where material is less compacted is called?

a)

a compression

b)

a reflection

c)

a rarefaction

d)

a wavelength

25.

A material the redirects light in a variety of directions is exhibiting this behavior?

a)

reflection

b)

diffraction

c)

scattering

d)

polarising

26.

What wave characteristic is illustrated in the photo.

a)

wave frequency

b)

wave period

c)

wave intensity

27.

Multiplying a wave's frequency by its wavelength gives you what wave characteristic?

a)

wave speed

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

period

28.

The lowest point on a transverse wave is called the?

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

amplitude

d)

rest position

29.

What characteristic of sound is related to the frequency of a wave?

a)

pitch

b)

intensity

c)

loudness

30.

How would the object in the photo be described?

a)

transluscent

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

31.

The position a medium occupies when it is not being disturbed?

a)

relaxed position

b)

still position

c)

balanced position

d)

rest position

32.

The type of wave interference that results in a new wave with a smaller amplitude?

a)

constructive

b)

destructive

33.

The illustration show what type of wave interference?

a)

constructive

b)

destructive

34.

What behavior is illustrated in the photo?

a)

dispersion

b)

reflection

c)

absorption

d)

scattering