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Waves Unit Study Game

Total questions: 73

Worksheet time: 1hrs 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wavelength?

a)

How many waves pass a certain point

b)

The distance from one wave crest to another

c)

The entire length of a wave

2.
When light hits the shirt in the picture, which color will bounce off?
a)
Blue
b)
Indigo
c)
Orange
d)
Violet
3.
When light hits a black object, like the one in the picture, what will happen to the different colors?
a)
All colors of light will bounce off
b)
All colors of light pass through it
c)
All colors of light will be absorbed
d)
None of the above
4.
What is the longest wavelength on the EMS (electromagnetic spectrum)?
a)
Radio Waves
b)
Micro Waves
c)
Gamma Rays
d)
X-Rays
5.
When light hits something like a raindrop or a prism, it will...
a)
Be absorbed
b)
Refract, or bend
c)
Neither 
6.
Which color of light will help this plant grow best?
a)
Green light
b)
Red Light
7.
Which color has the longest wavelength?
a)
Orange
b)
Green
c)
Blue
d)
Indigo
8.

What happens to all of the light when it hits this object?

a)

reflection

b)

absorption

c)

transmission

9.

What is the process called for how rainbows are formed?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction (bending)

c)

Transmission

d)

Scattering

10.

On the EMS, which wave has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Radio

b)

Gamma

c)

Soft X-Rays

d)

Ultraviolet

11.

In order to make a rainbow, what is needed?

a)

Light

b)

Rain

c)

Leprechauns

d)

Surface

12.

Which type of wave does sunscreen protect you from?

a)

Radio

b)

Infrared

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

Gamma

13.

Which of the following colors have the longest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Blue

d)

Green

14.

Which of the following has the correct order from shortest wave to longest?

a)

Red, orange, green

b)

Green, yellow, blue

c)

Indigo, Green, Yellow

d)

Violet, Green, Indigo

15.

When light passes through a prism, why do you see different colors?

a)

Each color has a different wavelength, so they all bend at different angles

b)

Because Stone Cold said so

c)

Because the prism is magical and allows you see the colors

d)
16.
How often a wave occurs is the wave's __________________
a)
crest
b)
frequency
c)
wavelength
d)
resting point
17.
The distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave  (example- crest to crest) is its _____________________
a)
trough
b)
frequency
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
18.
The frequency of a wave is measured in __________________. 
a)
inches
b)
hertz
c)
periods
d)
eras
19.
Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to  _________________.
a)
vibrate
b)
expand
c)
move
d)
compress
20.
Any material that a wave travels through is called a ____________________.
a)
vibration
b)
compression
c)
medium
d)
crest
21.
In what type of wave does the medium vibrate parallel to the direction of the wave?
a)
surface wave
b)
longitudinal wave
c)
transverse wave
d)
electromagnetic wave
22.
The three types of mechanical waves are transverse, surface, and _______________ waves
a)
medium
b)
water
c)
longitudinal
d)
crest
23.
What are the highest parts of a transverse wave called?
a)
amplitude
b)
trough
c)
resting point
d)
crest
24.
In longitudinal waves, the parts where the coils are spread apart are called what?
a)
rarefactions
b)
compressions
c)
mechanicals
d)
longitudes
25.
In what type of wave does the medium move perpendicular to the movement of the wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Electromagnetic
d)
Radio
26.
What number represents the wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
27.
As the frequency of a wave increases, the __________________ decreases.
a)
amplitude
b)
resting point
c)
wavelength
d)
crest
28.
What number represents the amplitude?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
29.
In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the coils are close together are called what?
a)
longitudes
b)
rarefactions
c)
compressions
d)
contractions
30.
Which travels faster, light or sound?
a)
light
b)
sound
31.
What is the top of a wave?
a)
trough
b)
crest
32.
What is the top of a wave?
a)
trough
b)
crest
33.
What is the bottom of a wave?
a)
trough
b)
crest
34.
What is the distance between crests or troughs?
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
35.
What is the height of a wave?
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
36.
Sound travels fastest in:
a)
solids
b)
liquids
c)
gases
37.
When you yell under water, what is the medium that sound travels through?
a)
air
b)
water
38.
What type of wave move a slinky back and forth?
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
39.
What type of waves move a slinky up and down or side to side?
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
40.
A wave is a disturbance that transfers:
a)
matter
b)
energy
41.
What travels faster, light or sound
a)
Light
b)
Sound
42.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
43.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
44.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast 
45.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
46.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal 
d)
transverse wave 
47.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
48.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
49.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
50.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through...
a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air. 
d)
glass.
51.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
52.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
53.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
54.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
55.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
56.
crest to crest or trough to trough
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
57.
Electromagnetic waves include the following except
a)
radio waves
b)
X-rays
c)
doing the wave at a football game
d)
microwaves
58.
regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space
a)
crest
b)
energy
c)
wave
d)
trough
59.
which material does sound travel the fastest?
a)
solid 
b)
liquid 
c)
gases
60.
When a wave strikes and object and bounces off. (example echo)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
61.
When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
62.
When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.(example: pencil in a glass of water-)
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
63.

The above lens is a type of ___.

a)

diverging lens

b)

converging lens

c)

divergent lens

d)

convergent lens

64.

Which lens represents the path light takes through a diverging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
65.

Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
66.

Which optical device bends light inward?

a)

convex lens

b)

concave lens

c)

plane mirror

d)

convex mirror

67.

What type of lens is used in the shown instrument?

a)

concave lens

b)

convex lens

c)

reflection lens

d)

reduction lens

68.

What type of lens creates the image seen in the eyeglasses?

a)

convex

b)

concave

c)

reflection

d)

plane

69.

A lens that is thicker in the middle than on the outside is called ___.

a)

diverging

b)

concave

c)

convex

d)

achromatic

70.

A lens that is thinner in the middle than on the outside is called ___.

a)

diverging

b)

concave

c)

convex

d)

achromatic

71.

What word means to bend light rays toward each other?

a)

Converging light

b)

Diverging light

c)

Virtual Light

d)

Real Light

72.

What word means to bend light rays away from each other?

a)

Converging light

b)

Diverging light

c)

Virtual Light

d)

Real Light

73.

You are asked to design an astronomical telescope at normal adjustment using two convex lenses P and Q.

The power of lens P is 5 D and lens Q is 25 D.

Calculate the distance between lenses P and Q.

a)

2.04 cm

b)

20.0 cm

c)

24.0 cm

d)

30.0 cm

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