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Waves Test

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where water is flat, calm and not moving.

a)

longitudinal wave

b)

equilibrium

c)

frequency

d)

trough

2.

What creates all waves?

a)

wavelength

b)

particles

c)

frequence

d)

disturbance

3.

The highest point of a wave.

a)

trough

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

crest

4.

The lowest part of a wave.

a)

crest

b)

participle

c)

trough

d)

trout

5.

When measuring from the equilibrium to the crest and equilibrium to the trough, what is being measured?

a)

frequency

b)

equilibrium height

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

6.

The number of wavelengths that pass a point within a certain unit of time.

a)

frequency

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

transmitter

7.

When measuring crest to crest or trough to trough, what is being measured?

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

equilibrium

8.

What type of wave is shown?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Tidal Wave

d)

Long Vibrating Wave

9.

What is being measured?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Emotional Wave

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

10.

What type of wave is shown?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Tidal Wave

d)

Synonym Wave

11.

What is being measured in the picture?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Frequency

12.

What two things can you identify in the picture?

a)

Equator and Longitudinal Wave

b)

Equilibrium and Tinker Wave

c)

Equation and Thinker Wave

d)

Equilibrium and Transverse Wave

13.

When particles move in the same or opposite direction as the wave, what type of wave is it called?

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Long Amplitude Wave

c)

Longitudinal Wave

d)

Tidal Wave

14.

What type of wave is shown?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Tidal Wave

d)

Frequency Wave

15.

When the movement of a wave that moves up and down, what type of wave is it?

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Traveling Wave

c)

Longago Wave

d)

Transverse Wave

16.

What is E showing?

a)

Equilibrium

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Frequency

17.

Which wave has the most amplitude?

a)

c

b)

a

c)

b

18.
a)

c

b)

b

c)

a

19.

What is B showing?

a)

trough

b)

equilibrium

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

20.

What is D showing?

a)

Amplittude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Trough

d)

Equilibrium

21.

What is A showing?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Equator

c)

Amplifier

d)

Equilibrium

22.

What is C showing?

a)

Trough

b)

Wavelength

c)

Amplitude

d)

Frequency

23.

Waves are regular patterns of motion that are caused by a disturbance.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

MAYBE

d)

ALL THE ABOVE

24.

As you wiggle a rope, a transverse wave moves along the rope away from your hand creating a longitudinal wave?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

MAYBE

d)

ALL THE ABOVE

25.

The dotted line going through a transverse wave is called a wavelength.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

MAYBE

d)

ALL THE ABOVE

26.

The highest point of a wave is called the crest?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

MAYBE

d)

ALL THE ABOVE

27.

The crest and trough are equally far away form the equilibrium

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

c)

MAYBE

d)

ALL THE ABOVE

28.

A wave has

a)

trough

b)

amplitude

c)

equilibrium

d)

All the above

29.

Where does sound not exist?

a)

metal

b)

vacuum

c)

soil

d)

glass

30.

Air encompasses many objects in order to have sound and sight. What are the objects called?

a)

platforms

b)

particles

c)

plankets

d)

packages

31.

What is the tallest point of a wave called?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

32.

What is the lowest point in a wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

33.

What is the distance between two crests or two troughs?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelengths

34.

What is the highest point of the wave?

a)

Wave

b)

Medium

c)

Crest

d)

Transverse

35.

What is a repeating disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space?

a)

Trough

b)

Compressional

c)

Wave

d)

Amplitude

36.

What is the material that a wave passes through?

a)

Medium

b)

Resonance

c)

Crest

d)

Frequency

37.

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

38.

Which of the following can sound travel through?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

All of the above

39.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
40.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
41.

What is another name for wave height?

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Origin

42.

why can sound not travel through a vacuum

a)

There are no particles to vibrate

b)

waves cannot travel through a vacuum

c)

there are too many particles in a vacuum

43.

A machine converts sound into a transverse wave as shown.


If the sound becomes louder, what would the new sound wave look like?

a)
b)
c)
d)
44.

What is the wavelength in this diagram?

a)

2 meters

b)

4 meters

c)

8 meters

d)

16 meters

45.
Which statement correctly compares Wave A and Wave B
a)
Wave A has a greater amplitude than Wave B
b)
Wave B as a greater amplitude than wave A
c)
wave A has a greater wavelength than wave B
d)
wave B has a greater wavelength than wave A
46.
Which statement best classifies A and B?
a)
A and B are both transverse waves
b)
A and B are both longitudinal waves
c)
A is transverse and B is longitudinal
d)
A is longitudinal and B is transverse
47.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
48.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
49.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
50.
What kind of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
51.

Can sound waves travel through a vacuum?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Yes, vacuum cleaners are loud.