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Waves Day 1 And Day 2

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is true for Electromagnetic waves?

a)

Electromagnetic Waves do

NOT need a medium to travel

through

b)

Electromagnetic Waves do need a medium to travel through

c)

Electromagnetic waves carry matter

d)

Electromagnetic waves fall on a spectrum called the wave spectrum.

2.

All of these are examples of Electromagnetic waves.

a)

x-rays, p-waves, s-waves and y-waves

b)

infrared radiation, ultra violet, radioactive, -rays

c)

microwaves, p-waves, s-waves, infrared radiation

d)

visible light, infrared radiation, x-rays, radio waves, microwaves

e)

radio waves, ocean waves, infrared radiation, x-rays, s-waves

3.

Electromagnetic ways are always mechanical waves.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

This is an example of a(n) wave

a)

Longitudinal Waves

b)

Transverse

c)

Mechanical

d)

Electromagnetic wave

5.

What is a wave?

a)

A wave is any disturbance that transfers energy through matter

b)

A wave is the force used to create motion

c)

A wave is any vibration

6.

Wave can pull an object out to sea.

a)

No because waves only carry energy, not matter! Once the wave has moved, the disturbance is gone. The object will remain in place.

b)

Yes, because waves move matter and once the waves has moved on the object will continue to move with the disturbance.

c)

No because waves are invisible and cannot move objects.

d)

Yes, because waves apply a force to the object and it moves in the direction of the force.

7.

How do waves travel?

a)

Waves travel through a vacuum and matter.

b)

Mediums slow waves down and you should avoid them.

c)

A wave must have MATTER to travel through.

The matter through which a wave travels is called a MEDIUM

d)

Waves use energy to move across space and time

8.

Types of Mechanical Waves are

a)

sound, air, water, ropes, earthquakes, tsunami waves

b)

liquid, gases, solids

c)

ocean waves, radio waves, stomach growling

d)

drumming, singing, stomping, yelling,

9.

Mechanical Waves need a medium to travel through.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

Mechanical Waves can be

a)

Transverse or Longitudinal

b)

Magnetic or Electrical

c)

Longitudinal or Latitudinal

d)

kinetic or potential

11.

What are the two types of wave characteristics in a longitudinal wave.

a)

rarefaction and compression

b)

compression and amplitude

c)

refraction and rarefaction

d)

induction and deduction

12.

Longitudinal Waves particles move

a)

back and forth

b)

up and down

c)

side to side

d)

perpendicular and parallel

13.

Waves in which the particles vibrate in an up and down motion are?

a)

traverse waves

b)

longitudinal waves

c)

electromagnetic waves

d)

plasma waves

14.

Wavelength is the distance between

a)

two crest or two trough

b)

two compressions

c)

between a compression and rarefacton

d)

a crest and a trough

15.

What are the properties of a wave?

a)

Amplitude, multitude, size and speed

b)

Wave Length, motion, speed, size

c)

Frequency, Wave Speed, Length

d)

Amplitude, Wave Length, Frequency, Wave Speed

16.

Frequency is

a)

how fast or slow a wave is traveling

b)

the number of waves produced in a given amount of time

c)

the number of crest or troughs

d)

the number of cycles in a hertz

17.

Amplitude is

a)

the height of the wave

b)

the length of the wave

c)

the time of a wave

d)

how fast the wave is moving

18.

The distance between 2 crests or troughs is

a)

wavelength

b)

wave height

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

19.

The speed at which waves travel through a medium is

a)

wave length

b)

wave speed

c)

wave cycle

d)

frequency

20.

The higher the amplitude the more

a)

force

b)

energy

c)

frequency

d)

light

21.

The shorter the wave the more

a)

rarefactuib

b)

motion

c)

energy

d)

frequency

22.

What is reflection?

a)

Reflection is a mechanical wave

b)

Reflection is what happens when a wave is transmitted through a substance

c)

reflection is when a wave bounces

d)

Reflection happens when a wave bounces back after hitting a barrier.

23.

This is an example of what?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction and Dispersed

d)

Reflected and refracted

24.

When a light wave bends around a barrier or through an opening it is known as

a)

displacement

b)

diffraction

c)

dispersement

d)

refraction

25.

Refraction is

a)

the angle of incidence at which light reflects

b)

the bending of a wave as it passes from one medium to another at an angle

c)

What happens when light passes through a mirror

d)

I don't know

26.

Interference happens when

a)

waves overlap

b)

waves disperse

c)

waves intercept

d)

waves pass by each other

27.

Resonance is

a)

a vibration

b)

two vibrations

c)

a vibration produced in one object that is caused by the vibration from another

d)

vibrations that intercept each other