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WorksheetsWaves Basics Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When a wave travels through a medium, the wave transfers
mass, only
energy, only
neither mass nor energy
both mass and energy
A tuning fork vibrates at a frequency of 512 hertz when struck with a rubber hammer. The sound produced by the tuning fork will travel through the air as a
transverse wave with air molecules vibrating perpendicular to the direction of travel
longitudinal wave with air molecules vibrating perpendicular to the direction of travel
longitudinal wave with air molecules vibrating parallel to the direction of travel
transverse wave with air molecules vibrating parallel to the direction of travel
While sitting in a boat, a fisherman observes that two complete waves pass by his position every 4 seconds. What is the period of these waves?
0.5 s
4 s
2 s
8 s
A boy pushes his sister on a swing. What is the frequency of oscillation of his sister on the swing if the boy counts 90. complete swings in 300. seconds?
18 Hz
1.5 Hz
0.30 Hz
2.0 Hz
What is the period of a sound wave having a frequency of 340. hertz?
9.73 x 10-1 s
1.02 x 100 s
3.40 x 102 s
2.94 x 10-3 s
An earthquake wave is traveling from west to east through rock. If the particles of the rock are vibrating in a north-south direction, the wave must be classified as
transverse
a radio wave
longitudinal
a microwave
Which wave diagram has both wavelength (λ) and amplitude (A) labeled correctly?
The diagram above shows two points, A and B, on a wave train. How many wavelengths separate point A and point B?
0.75
1.5
3.0
1.0
A distance of 1.0 x 10-2 meter separates successive crests of a periodic wave produced in a shallow tank of water. If a crest passes a point in the tank every 4.0 x 10-1 second, what is the speed of this wave?
4.0 x 10-1 m/s
2.5 x 10-2 m/s
4.0 x 10-3 m/s
2.5 x 10-4 m/s
Transverse waves are to radio waves as longitudinal waves are to
light waves
ultraviolet waves
sound waves
microwaves
