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Waves 6.P.1.1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is a wave?

a)

Any disturbance that transfers energy through matter or space.

b)

A substance through which a wave can travel (solid, liquid, or gas).

c)

Thermal Energy

d)

Heat Energy

2.

Which definition best defines the word, medium?

a)

A form of matter that is only a solid.

b)

A substance through which a wave can travel (solid, liquid, or gas).

c)

A substance that is dissolved into another substance.

d)

A form of matter.

3.

A longitudinal wave is...

a)

A wave that has potential energy.

b)

A wave that has light energy.

c)

Waves in which the particles vibrate back and forth in compressional pulses.

d)

A wave that does not vibrate back and forth.

4.

Transverse waves are....

a)

longitudinal waves..

b)

sound waves..

c)

Waves that does not have a crest, trough, or amplitude.

d)

Waves in which the particles vibrate in an up and down motion. (Example: Light Waves)

5.

An electromagnetic wave is...

a)

A wave that does not need a medium to travel through. (Example: light waves, x-rays, microwaves)

b)

A wave that does need a medium to travel. (Example: sound waves, earthquake waves (seismic waves).

c)

A wave that gives off thermal energy.

6.

What is a mechanical wave?

a)

Waves that does not need a medium to travel through.

b)

Waves that need a medium to travel through. (Example: sound waves, and earthquake waves (seismic waves).

c)

Waves that are soluble.

d)

Waves that are insoluble.

7.

Wavelength (a physical property of waves) is...

a)

The basic building blocks of life.

b)

The chemical makeup of atoms.

c)

The distance between two crests or troughs.

d)

The total speed of the wave's motion.

8.

Wave speed is..

a)

The amount of energy released from a cell.

b)

A form of matter.

c)

The ability to dissolve substances.

d)

Speed at which waves travel through a medium (solid, liquid or gas).

9.

What is the meaning of the word, crest?

a)

The highest or top of a wave.

b)

The lowest or bottom of a wave.

c)

The name of toothpaste people use.

d)

The amount of density inside an object.

10.

What is a disturbance?

a)

A traveling form of energy moving throughout matter and space.

b)

When someone is loud and rude.

c)

When your teacher gives you a bad grade.

11.

A trough is...

a)

The highest or top part of a wave.

b)

The lowest or bottom part of a wave.

c)

The amount of matter in a wave.

d)

A property or category of matter.

12.

Amplitude is...

a)

The speed of a wave.

b)

The wavelength of a wave.

c)

The physical property of a wave.

d)

The height of a wave.

13.

Frequency is...

a)

The loudness of a wave.

b)

The number of waves that pass by a point each second.

c)

The change in direction of a wave when it changes speed as it travels from one medium to another.