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Q4: Chapter 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the top of a wave called?

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

2.

What is the distance between two troughs of a wave called?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Frequency

d)

Pitch

3.

What is the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 10Hz and a wavelength of 15m?

a)

25 m/s

b)

0.5 m/s

c)

150 m/s

d)

1.5 m/s

4.

Which of the following are examples of waves? (Check all that apply)

a)

Sound waves

b)

X-rays

c)

Microwaves

d)

Electromagnetic waves

e)

Radio waves

5.

What kind of waves have particles that vibrate in an up and down motion?

a)

Lognitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

c)

Shock waves

d)

Sound waves

6.

What is the number of waves you can produce in a given amount of time?

a)

Frequecy

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Wave speed

7.

What is the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 200Hz and a wavelength of 1m?

a)

200 m/s

b)

100 m/s

c)

2000 m/s

d)

201 m/s

8.

What is it called when a wave strikes a surface and bounces back?

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Dispersion

d)

Reflection

9.

What are the two types of interference? (Check 2)

a)

Corresponding interferece

b)

Constructive interference

c)

Destructive interference

d)

Cancelling interference

10.

What is it called when the waves from one object cause another object to vibrate and produce its own waves?

a)

Response

b)

Resonance

c)

Reflection

d)

Refraction

11.

What is it called when a wave bends as it moves from one medium to another?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffusion

d)

Diffraction

12.

What is the maximum distance that the particles of a medium vibrate from its rest position?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Resonance

c)

Reflection

d)

Wavelength

13.

What is the substance through which a wave can travel?

a)

Transversal

b)

Method

c)

Medium

d)

Large

14.

Can a wave travel without a medium?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

What is it called when two waves overlap each other?

a)

Super wave

b)

Amplitude

c)

Attitude

d)

Interference