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WorksheetsSound Waves Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 53mins
When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?
frequency
amplitude
wavelength
crest
What is a natural vacuum that sound cannot travel through?
water
air
liquids
outer space
Which type of wave is pictured here?
light Wave
longitudinal Wave
transverse Wave
electromagnetic Wave
What state of matter allows sound to travel the slowest?
solid
liquid
gas
doesn't matter
The letter "A" in this illustration is called what on a wave?
amplitude
frequency
Hertz
wavelength
A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter is called a __________.
wave
pitch
trough
True or False: You only hear a sound when the sound energy reaches your ears.
True
False
A wave that requires a medium through which to travel is called a _________.
mechanical wave
electromagnetic wave
chemical wave
pitch
Sound waves travel the fastest through __________.
gas
solids
liquids
A reflected sound wave
frequency
pitch
echo
rarefaction
Sound waves move more quickly through _________________ matter.
dense
light
A sound wave is produced when an object …
vibrates
accelerates
remains stationary
What best describes the Doppler effect?
An apparent change in frequency of a wave due to the relative motion between a wave source and an observer
When sound changes pitch
When light changes color
An apparent change in the amplitude of a wave due to the relative motion between a wave source and an observer.
During a pitch-black night, you hear a police siren is getting higher and higher. Would the car be coming toward you or driving away from you?
coming toward you
away from you
going circles around you
parking still
If a car's horn is blowing as the car moves AWAY from you,the horn seems...
low pitched
high pitched
normal
When an airplane is flying above, you hear the sound of the plane further back than where the plane actually is in the air. Why is this?
The frequency of the plane is higher than the frequency of the sound.
The frequency of the sound is higher than the frequency of the plane.
The speed of the sound is faster than the speed of the plane.
The speed of the plane is faster than the speed of the sound.
How is the frequency of the sound waves in front of the moving source different from the frequency of the sound waves behind the moving source.
The frequency is lower in front of the source than behind
The frequency is higher in front of the source than behind
The frequency is the same in front as it is behind
Impossible to tell without measuring
Which of the waves below requires the particles of a medium to vibrate and transfer energy?
infrared light wave
radio wave
seismic wave
visible light wave
Which list below includes ONLY mechanical waves?
seismic waves, sound waves, and water waves
radio waves, sound waves, waves in a rope
infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, visible light
seismic waves, microwaves and x-rays
An undersea earthquake centered 1000 miles off the coast of Hawaii creates a tsunami headed toward the Hawaiian coast. This tsunami encounters a fishing boat 500 miles from the coast. What will happen to the boat?
The tsunami will pick up the boat at its current position and carry the boat on its crest all the way into the coast.
The tsunami will carry the boat toward the coast for many miles, but because the boat is so large, the wave canot carry it all the way to shore.
The boat will be lifted up as the wave passes beneath it, and then be pushed many miles from the coast.
The boat will bob up and down as the wave passes beneath it, but the wave will not carry the boat either toward or away from shore.
A student listed some properties of waves.
Which properties did the student list incorrectly?
3 and 2
4 and 1
2 and 4
1 and 3
The diagram shows a research vessel using sonar to map the ocean floor.
Upon which basic behavior of sound waves does this technology depend?
absorption
compression
reflection
refraction
The students in the diagram are communicating with cans and string.
Which is the most likely explanation of how the students can hear and communicate using the objects?
A mechanical wave transfers sound through the string.
Sound bounces off the can and echoes.
Sound travels through the string as an electromagnetic wave.
A transverse wave transfers sound through the string.
As any type of wave travels through a medium, what is true about the particles in the medium?
The particles of the medium move in a straight line and are carried with the wave.
the particles of the medium move up and down and are carried with the wave.
The particles of the medium are not carried along with the wave.
the particles of the medium move back and forth and are carried with the wave.
A boy has a cork on his fishing line in a lake. His brother throws a rock in the lake near where he is fishing, and the waves created from the rock splashing cause the boy's cork to bob up and down for over a minute. What is the medium for the waves in this scenario?
the cork
the water
the rock
the fishing line
This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?
reflection
refraction
diffraction
resonance
This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?
absorption
Doppler effect
polarization
diffraction
When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear
a louder sound.
an echo.
a quieter sound.
nothing.
What unit is the frequency of sound measured in?
decibels (dB)
Hertz (Hz)
meters per second (m/s)
meters
