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Chap. 11 & 12 Sound and EM Waves Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the number of waves that pass a given point in a second?

a)

intensity

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

period

2.

What type of wave is a sound wave?

a)

Compressional

b)

Seismic

c)

Transverse

d)

Electromagnetic

3.

This structure is part of the inner ear.

a)

Ear Drum

b)

Hammer

c)

Anvil

d)

Cochlea

4.

Sound travels fastest in which material?

a)

Air

b)

Water

c)

Steel

d)

Empty Space

5.

This is the change in pitch of a moving sound source.

a)

Doppler Effect

b)

Resonance

c)

Coriolis Effect

d)

Ambulances

6.

As the frequency of EM waves increases, the energy they carry decreases.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

This is the study of sound.

a)

Phonics

b)

Music Theory

c)

Acoustics

d)

Band

8.

Multiples of a fundamental frequency.

a)

Standing Waves

b)

Overtones.

c)

Doppler Effect

d)

EM Spectrum

9.

This EM wave causes skin cancer.

a)

Ultraviolet Waves

b)

Infrared Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Visible Light

10.

This EM wave is used in remote controls.

a)

Ultraviolet Waves

b)

Microwaves

c)

Radio Waves

d)

Infrared Waves

11.

This structure in the ear is the first to sense vibrations.

a)

Ear Drum

b)

Cochlea

c)

Hammer

d)

Stirrup

12.

This is a material vibrating at its natural frequency.

a)

Echolocation

b)

Sonar

c)

Resonance

d)

Radar

13.

This increases as the pitch of the sound increases.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Period

d)

Frequency

14.

Bats can hear sound of this high frequency.

a)

Infrasonic

b)

Ultrasonic

c)

Supersonic

d)

Hedgehog Sonic

15.

Sound travels faster in ______.

a)

Water that is 10 degrees.

b)

Water that is 20 degrees.

c)

Water that is 30 degrees.

d)

Water that is 0 degrees.

16.

EM waves are caused by ____.

a)

Vibrating air molecules.

b)

Vibrating electric charges.

17.

The hammer, anvil, and stirrup are in the inner ear.

a)

False

b)

True

18.

Which type of wave is an EM wave?

a)

Compressional

b)

Transverse

c)

Seismic

19.

Cell phones use this EM wave.

a)

Infrared Waves

b)

Gamma Waves

c)

Microwaves

d)

Ultraviolet Waves

20.

EM waves would travel fasted through which substance?

a)

Vaccuum

b)

Air

c)

Water

d)

Wood

21.

As the frequency of a wave increases, its wavelength _____

a)

Increases

b)

Varies

c)

Stays the same

d)

Decreases

22.

Sound intensity is measured in _____.

a)

Ohms

b)

Newtons

c)

Decibels

d)

Pascals

23.

A particle of electromagnetic wave energy is a(n) _____.

a)

quark

b)

atom

c)

electron

d)

photon

24.

Heinrick Hertz discovered that the energy of an EM wave depended on its ___________ not its amplitude.

a)

period

b)

temperature

c)

speed

d)

frequency

25.

The ozone layer surrounding the Earth protects life from the damage caused by this EM wave.

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

X-Rays

c)

Ultraviolet Waves

d)

Microwaves