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Wave Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
2.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
3.
What part is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Crest
b)
Resting Point
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
4.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
5.
What is represented by the letter 'x'?
a)
Crest
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Wavelength
6.
What is represented by the  letter 'y'?
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
7.
Distance from 'y' to 'y' is a _______
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
8.
Which wave has a higher frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
9.
Which wave has a longer wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
10.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
11.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
12.
Which type of wave does light travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
13.
Which type of wave does sound travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
14.
What type of wave does an earthquake travel in?
a)
Seismic Waves
b)
Ocean Waves
c)
Big Waves
d)
Slow Waves
15.
Which wave has the largest wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same wavelength)
16.
If all three are waves of light, which wave has the largest speed?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same speed)
17.
Which type of light has the lowest energy of this group?
a)
Radio
b)
Microwave
c)
Infrared
d)
Ultraviolet
18.
Which type of light has the highest energy of this group?
a)
red
b)
yellow
c)
green
d)
blue
19.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the lowest energy. 
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Red
d)
Violet
20.
This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the highest energy.
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Violet
d)
Yellow
21.

What does a wave carry from place to place?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

people

22.

The highest point on a transverse wave is the

a)

compression

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

trough

23.

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

a)

decrease

b)

increase

c)

stay the same

24.

Mechanical waves usually travel fastest through:

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

25.

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

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

26.

A wave that can travel through matter and empty space is a:

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

longitudinal wavy

c)

transverse wave

27.
Light waves are mechanical waves.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
When light waves are absorbed, they can become heat.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Light is the only wave that can be reflected.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Which of the following is the bending of a wave, which changes its speed.
a)
Reflection
b)
Diffraction
c)
Refraction
d)
Frequency
31.
The picture best represents
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Diffraction
d)
Interference
32.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
33.
Which property of these waves differs?
a)
Frequency
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Pitch
34.
Which waves do NOT need a medium?
a)
Sound
b)
Ocean
c)
Seismic
d)
Light
35.
A high energy wave is considered to have a high 
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
wavelength
d)
period
36.
Which letter is a crest?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
37.
What type of waves have compressions and rarefactions?
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
38.
Which letter is a trough?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
39.
Which letter shows amplitude?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
40.
Which letter identifies the wavelength?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
41.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
42.
Which wave has the highest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
43.
What is the material waves travel through?
a)
Period
b)
Frequency
c)
Medium
d)
Hertz
44.
Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest 
d)
amplitude
45.
What do all waves transfer?
a)
Light
b)
Sound
c)
Heat
d)
Energy
46.
Sound travels best through
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
d)
colloids
47.
These waves have the same
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
period 
d)
wavelength
48.
As the fire truck approached Mary, the pitch of the siren got higher. Once the fire truck passed and moved away, the siren's pitch got lower. This change in pitch is because of a change in the sound wave's
a)
concussion. 
b)
amplitude. 
c)
reflection.
d)
frequency. 
49.
What does pitch depend on?
a)
amplitude 
b)
frequency
c)
intensity 
d)
volume of sound
50.
A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy
a)
high, low
b)
high, high
c)
low, high
d)
low, low
51.
When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?
a)
Frequency 
b)
Amplitude 
c)
Wavelength 
d)
Crest
52.
A wave that requires a medium through which to travel
a)
mechanical wave
b)
chemical wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
d)
pitch
53.
Sound is produced by
a)
music
b)
vibrations of molecules
c)
Electromagnetic Waves 
d)
Transverse Waves 
54.
If distance C on the diagram increased, what would happen to the pitch? 
a)
The pitch would be louder. 
b)
The pitch would be softer. 
c)
The pitch would be higher. 
d)
The pitch would be lower. 
55.
Which feature of sound is determined by amplitude?
a)
Pitch
b)
Smoothness
c)
Loudness
d)
A Wave
56.
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.
a)
wave
b)
trough
c)
pitch
d)
sound
57.
Sound is a form of _________________ that travels as waves through a ________________.
a)
light/ transparency
b)
energy/ vibration
c)
energy/ medium
d)
frequency/ medium
58.
How loud or soft a sound is, is related to the _____________ of the wave
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
wave length
d)
rest position
59.

Waves that require a material to travel though are called

a)

electromagnetic waves

b)

mechanical waves

c)

ocean waves

d)

transverse waves

e)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

60.

Electromagnetic waves are examples of

a)

transverse waves

b)

longitudinal waves

c)

mechanical waves

d)

ocean waves

e)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

61.

This picture is an example of which type of wave?

a)

transverse wave

b)

longitudinal wave

c)

ocean wave

d)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

62.

A short wavelength is equal to

a)

a low frequency

b)

slow wave speed.

c)

a high frequency

d)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

63.

Identify the wave measurement.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

interference

d)

wavelength

64.

Identify the wave type.

a)

compressional

b)

electromagnetic

c)

transverse

65.

These waves differ in their ___.

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

wave type

66.

A sound wave is an example of what type of wave?

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

mechanical wave

67.

A microwave is an example of what type of wave?

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

mechanical wave

68.

An x-ray is an example of what type of wave?

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

mechanical wave

69.

A radio wave is an example of what type of wave?

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

mechanical wave

70.
What type of wave is this?
a)
transverse
b)
longitudinal
c)
circular
d)
elliptical
71.

This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

72.

This illustration best depicts which of the following behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

73.

Which image represents a longitudinal wave?

a)

A

b)

B

74.

Sound waves are which type of waves?

a)

transverse

b)

seismic

c)

longitudinal

d)

frequency

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