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Seismic Waves & Kinetic Energy

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

What do Sound Waves Travel by?

a)

clusters of sound, set off by the vibrations all around us

b)

Particles in the air that vibrate one way in the same direction

c)

particles in the air that vibrate back and forth in the same direction

d)

Air in the area, giving them a functional path

2.

What is an S-wave?

a)

A wave that shakes the ground back and forth, perpendicular to the direction the wave is going.

b)

A wave that shakes the ground through sound waves

c)

A wave that vibrates the ground through a series of shocks

d)

A wave that shakes the ground back and forth, parallel to the direction the wave is going.

3.

True or False:

A Compression is Crowded Areas in a Longitudinal Wave.

a)

False

b)

True

4.

What is Seismology?

a)

The study of earthquakes

b)

The study of electric pulses in the earth

c)

The study of sizes of materials

d)

the study of sound waves

5.

What is a P-Wave?

a)

A wave that travels slowly through the earth, causing the earth to vibrate perpendicular, in the direction of the wave.

b)

A wave that travels quickly through the earth, causing the earth to vibrate perpendicular, in the direction of the wave.

c)

A wave that travels quickly through the earth, causing the earth to vibrate parallel, in the direction of the wave.

d)

A wave that travels slowly through the earth, causing the earth to vibrate parallel, in the direction of the wave.

6.

True or False:

Body Waves Are the Strongest of the Waves

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is Kinetic Energy?

a)

The force of an object due to motion.

b)

The energy of an object due to force.

c)

The energy of the object due to motion.

d)

the force of an object due to energy

8.

What is Potential Energy?

a)

Energy transferring into kinetic energy.

b)

Energy transforming into motion.

c)

Kinetic energy transferring to regular energy.

d)

Energy transforming into kinetic energy

9.

What is the effect of kinetic energy?

a)

An object doubling its speed has four times as much kinetic energy.

b)

Newtons 1st law

c)

An object tripling its speed has six times as much kinetic energy.

d)

Built up energy that bursts suddenly, like a shaken soda can.

10.

What are some examples of Kinetic Energy Effect?

a)

Pushing a box up a steep hill

b)

Aftershocks from an earthquake

c)

Waves at the beach

d)

Having to stop your car sooner if your going faster

11.

BONUS QUESTION!!


How long has Mr. Franklin been a teacher?

a)

8 years

b)

15 years

c)

12 years

d)

9 years

e)

10 years