Worksheetswaves
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 52mins
What kind of wave is pictured below?
compressional wave
transverse wave
sound wave
mechanical wave
Height of a wave above the centerline
amplitude
crest
trough
wavelength
How fast the wave is moving through a medium
wave speed
wavelength
amplitude
frequency
When a wave bounces off of something and moves in a different direction
reflection
refraction
absorption
propagation
when a wave is bent by traveling from one medium to another
reflection
refraction
absorption
propagation
The highest point on a wave is:
the crest
the trough
the top
the coast
You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no
medium
light
energy
heat
What happens to all of the light when it hits this object?
reflection
absorption
transmission
What is the process called for how rainbows are formed?
Reflection
Refraction (bending)
Transmission
Scattering
Longitudinal waves have:
crests and troughs
crests and compressions
compressions and rarefactions
troughs and rarefactions
What would happen to the wavelength if the frequency was doubled?
the wavelength would be halved
the wavelength would be doubled
the wavelength would stay the same
frequency does not affect wavelength
Which of the following produces longitudinal waves ?
Diagram below shows a ball floating in a water tank.
Which is the correct movement of the ball, when the wave propagates ?
A system is oscillated at a frequency equivalent to its natural frequency by an external force.
This phenomenon is called
Damping
Resonance
Rectification
Pitching
Diagram below shows a graph of wave motion.
What quantities are shown by P and Q?
P: Amplitude ; Q: Period
P: Amplitude ; Q: Wavelength
P: Wavelength ; Q: Period
P: Wavelength ; Q: Frequency
Diagram below shows a graph of an oscillation system experiences damping.
Which of the following quantity does not change?
Size of oscillation
Period of oscillation
Energy of oscillation
Amplitude of oscillation
Diagram below shows the displacement-time graph of an oscillating spring.
The oscillating spring undergoes …
damping
resonance
interference
forced oscillation
The diagram shows the graph of displacement against time for a particle in a water wave.
What is the frequency of the water wave?
0.5 Hz
1.0 Hz
2.0 Hz
3.0 Hz
Diagram below shows a displacement-time graph of an oscillating spring.
The spring undergoes …
damping
resonance
interference
force oscillation
Which diagram shows a transverse wave with amplitude 4 cm and wavelength 8 cm?
Diagram below shows an oscillating system.
Which graph shows the correct relationship between displacement and time for the oscillating system?
