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Introduction to Wave

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 2hrs 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name for the highest point on the wave?
a)
trough
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
d)
amplitude
2.
What word describes the distance between 2 crests or 2 troughs?
a)
amplitude
b)
energy
c)
resting point
d)
wavelength
3.
What is the height of the wave called? 
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
crest
d)
trough
4.
Which type of waves can travel through matter AND empty space? 
a)
mechanical waves
b)
all waves
c)
electromagnetic waves
d)
no waves
5.
Which waves travel PARALLEL to the wave's direction? 
a)
transverse waves
b)
longitudinal waves
6.
Light waves are an example of which kind of wave? 
a)
Transverse waves
b)
Longitudinal waves
7.
Sound waves are an example of which kind of wave? 
a)
Transverse waves
b)
Longitudinal waves
8.

The type of waves that require a medium to transfer energy

a)

Mechanical Waves

b)

Electromagnetic Waves

9.

Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

D

d)

G

10.

Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?

a)

A & G

b)

B & D

c)

B & F

11.

Seismic waves are mechanical waves.

What is TRUE of a mechanical wave?

a)

It must travel in empty space

b)

It can travel in a vacuum

c)

It must have a medium

12.

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

wavelength

13.

What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

14.

What is transferred in waves?

a)

Energy

b)

Objects

c)

Matter

d)

Light

15.

A wave in which the movement of the wave’s medium is perpendicular (at a right angle) to the movement of the wave traveling through the medium

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Compression waves

c)

Nodular Waves

d)

Ocean Waves

16.

A wave in which the wave’s medium moves in the same direction that the wave travels

a)

Transversal wave

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Frequency wave

d)

Compressional (longitudinal) wave

17.

Sound is an example of which type of wave?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal (compressional)

c)

Both

d)

Neither

18.

How do you measure the wavelength of a longitudinal (compressional) wave?

a)

Crest to crest

b)

Middle of one compression to the middle of next compression

c)

You cannot measure the wavelength.

d)

It does not have a wavelength.

19.

Which wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal (compressional)

c)

Both

d)

Neither

20.

Which wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal (compressional)

c)

Both

d)

Neither

21.

In a compressional wave, what is the area in which the medium is spread apart?

a)

amplitude

b)

period

c)

compression

d)

rarefaction

22.

What is the area of a compressional wave in which the particles are crowded together?

a)

amplitude

b)

compression

c)

rarefaction

d)

period

23.

The arrows are pointing to which part of this compressional wave?

a)

crest

b)

compression

c)

rarefaction

d)

amplitude

24.

The arrows are pointing to which part of this compressional wave?

a)

crest

b)

compression

c)

rarefaction

d)

amplitude

25.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
26.
One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m.  The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz.  What is the speed of the wave?
a)
3.00 m/s
b)
2.50 m/s
c)
.75 m/s
d)
1.25 m/s
27.

If this wave chain represents 1 second, What is the frequency of the waves?

a)

1 Hz

b)

9 Hz

c)

3 Hz

d)

6 Hz

28.
How many waves are in this wave chain?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
29.
A tennis coach paces back and forth along the sideline 10 times in 2 minutes. The frequency of her pacing is 
a)
5 Hz
b)
5 s
c)
0.08 Hz
d)
0.08 s
30.
 A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
31.
 A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
a)
25 m
b)
125 m
c)
5 m
d)
25 m/s
32.
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
a)
34 m/s
b)
3400 Hz
c)
3400 m/s
d)
34 Hz
33.
crest to crest or trough to trough
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
34.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
35.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
36.

A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?

a)

320.23 m/s

b)

1391.3 hz

c)

73.6 m/hz

d)

73.6 m/s

37.
The blue-throated hummingbird flaps its wings 300 times a minute.  What is its frequency?
a)
5 hz
b)
300 hz
c)
300/60 
d)
a lot?
38.
Which wave has the largest wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same wavelength)
39.
If all three are waves of light, which wave has the largest speed?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same speed)
40.

What does a wave carry from place to place?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

people

41.

Mechanical waves usually travel fastest through:

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

42.

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

43.

What are properties of electromagnetic waves?

a)

carry energy

b)

can move through space

c)

can move through matter

d)

include x-rays

44.

Water waves are unique because they:

a)

are transverse waves

b)

are longitudinal waves

c)

carry energy

d)

move matter from place to place

45.

As a longitudinal wave moves forward, the particles move:

a)

perpendicular to the wave's motion

b)

parallel to the wave's motion

c)

stand in one place

d)

move completely down the spring

46.
 A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
47.
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
a)
34 m/s
b)
3400 Hz
c)
3400 m/s
d)
34 Hz
48.

A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?

a)

320.23 m/s

b)

1391.3 hz

c)

73.6 m/hz

d)

73.6 m/s

49.

What are the spaced out sections of this wave called?

a)

Reflections

b)

Rarefactions

c)

Wavelength

d)

Compressions

50.

The lowest part of the wave is called the ?

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

51.
What is wavelength a measure of?
a)
height of a wave
b)
speed of a wave
c)
temperature of a wave
d)
distance between two points on a wave
52.
What is the amplitude of a wave related to?
a)
velocity
b)
speed
c)
mass
d)
height
53.
In the wave equation (λ) represents what?
a)
amplitude
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
wave speed
54.
If a wave is traveling at a certain speed and its frequency is doubled, what happens to is wavelength?
a)
the wavelength doubles
b)
the wavelength is halved
c)
the wavelength is stopped
d)
the wavelength remains the same
55.
What is the measure of how many waves pass a point in a certain amount of time?
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
midpoint
d)
crest and trough
56.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
57.
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.
58.

Sound waves are which type of waves?

a)

transverse

b)

seismic

c)

longitudinal

d)

frequency

59.
Which property of these waves differs?
a)
Frequency
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Pitch
60.
Any effect causing a loss of energy during SHM
a)
Absorption
b)
Damping
c)
Decay
d)
Drying
61.
Motion when a varying force is used to drive an oscillating system
a)
Reverberation
b)
Over damping
c)
Forced oscillation
d)
Natural frequency
62.

Diagram below shows the displacement-time graph of an oscillating spring.

The oscillating spring undergoes …

a)

damping

b)

resonance

c)

interference

d)

forced oscillation

63.
The period of a pendulum may be decreased by
a)
Increasing the mass of the bob
b)
moving the equilibrium point
c)
decreasing the mass of the bob
d)
shortening the length of pendulum
64.
The angle between the string of a pendulum at its equilibrium position and at its maximum displacement is the pendulum’s
a)
period.
b)
frequency.
c)
vibration.
d)
amplitude.
65.

Damping causes the ------- to decay with time.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Period

d)

Phase

66.

----- forces remove energy from an oscillating system

a)

Frictional

b)

Restoring

c)

Gravitational

d)

Net Forces

67.

Which damping type makes amplitude decrease to zero in the shortest time?

a)

Heavy

b)

Light

c)

Critical

d)

Undamped

68.
A tuning fork starts to vibrate when a certain note is played on the piano, This is an example of _______.
a)
resonance
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
d)
reflection
69.
What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?
a)
reflection
b)
diffraction
c)
resonance
d)
refraction
70.
True or False: Every object has at least one natural frequency.
a)
True
b)
False
71.
When two objects vibrate at the same frequency it is called.....
a)
Diffraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Refraction
d)
Resonance
72.

A guitar string is plucked and set into oscillation. over time the amplitude of oscillation of the string decreases. The oscillation of the string is said to be ...

a)

damped

b)

forced

c)

natural

d)

resonant

73.

The damping force acting on an oscillationg system is always

a)

in the opposite direction to the acceleration

b)

in the opposite direction to the velocity

c)

in the same direction as the acceleration

d)

in the same direction as the velocity

74.

When a forced oscillation is damped, the amplitude

a)

builds up quite slowly

b)

constantly rises and falls

c)

is always small

d)

is reduced

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