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Waves Unit Review 2020

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is transferred by a wave?

a)

Particles

b)

Atoms

c)

Matter

d)

Energy

2.

A wave that requires a medium to travel through.

a)

Radiation

b)

Electromagnetic Wave

c)

Mechanical Wave

d)

Light

3.

What type of wave is this?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Surface

d)

Electromagnetic

4.

The distance from crest to crest on a wave

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Frequency

d)

Speed

5.

The amount of waves that pass a point every second is called ____ and is measured in ____.

a)

Speed, meters per second

b)

Frequency, Hertz

c)

Wavelength, meters

d)

Time, seconds

6.

Which wave has a higher frequency?

a)

Wave A

b)

Wave B

7.

Sound travels as this type of wave

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Electromagnetic

8.

What property of the sound wave affects the loudness?

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

9.

When you hear an echo, you are hearing sound that ____ off of a surface back to you.

a)

Transmits

b)

Absorbs

c)

Reflects

10.

If you increase the amplitude and decrease the frequency of a sound, it will be...

a)

louder and higher pitched

b)

louder and lower pitched

c)

quieter and higher pitched

d)

quieter and lower pitched

11.

T/F - This is a mechanical wave

a)

True

b)

False

12.

T/F - Visible light is a mechanical wave

a)

True

b)

False

13.

T/F - Visible light is a form of radiation.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which color of light has the lowest frequency?

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Yellow

d)

Red

15.

T/F - Humans can see Ultraviolet light.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

An opaque red object appears red under white light because it...

a)

Reflects red light

b)

Absorbs red light

c)

Transmits red light

17.

An opaque white object __ all wavelengths of light that hit it.

a)

Reflects

b)

Transmits

c)

Absorbs

18.

Under a blue light, a red object appears

a)

Blue

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

Red

19.

A transparent filter transmits a color and ___ the rest.

a)

Reflects

b)

Transmits

c)

Absorbs

20.

Through a green transparent filter, a white object appears

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

White

d)

Black

21.

Through a green transparent filter, a red object appears

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

White

d)

Black

22.

Which medium does NOT transmit sunlight?

a)

Space (a vacuum)

b)

Earth's atmosphere

c)

A glass window

d)

Your house's walls

23.

The bending of light rays when they enter a new medium and change speed

a)

Absorption

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Retraction

24.

A curved piece of glass or other transparent material that is used to refract light is called a

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflector

c)

Lens

25.

A prism creates a rainbow by ___ white light

a)

Reflecting

b)

Absorbing

c)

Refracting

26.

What color will you see if you look at a white object through a red filter under blue light?

a)

Blue

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

Red