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Waves Unit Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a unit used to measure the frequency of a wave. This unit means "one cycle per second" and is named after Mr. Heinrich Rudolf ________

a)

McDonald

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Hertz

2.

A measure of how many wavelengths pass a point each second

a)

Trough

b)

Wavelength

c)

Wave speed

d)

Frequency

3.

Half the distance between a crest and a trough. (#1 in the picture)

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Frequency

d)

Length

4.

The complete range/all of electromagnetic wave frequencies and wavelengths

a)

Electromagnetic Spectrum

b)

Wavelength Spectrum

c)

Ultraviolet waves

d)

Compressional waves

5.

The highest point of a TRANSVERSE wave

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

c)

Amplitude

d)

The top

6.

The lowest point of a TRANSVERSE wave

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Reflection

d)

The bottom

7.

Waves that make matter in the medium (solid, liquid or gas) move back and forth at right angles to the direction the wave travels.


Think of making waves with a jump rope.

a)

Compressional Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Vertical Wave

d)

Frequency

8.

The distance between one point in a wave and the closest point just like it.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Compressional Wave

d)

Medium

9.

A disturbance that moves through matter and space and carries energy

a)

Medium

b)

Movement

c)

Waves

d)

Refraction

10.

a type of wave where matter in the medium moves back and forth in the same direction the wave travels.


Think of a slinky being compressed and released.

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Compressional wave

c)

Refraction

d)

Electromagnetic wave

11.

When a wave changes direction due to a change in its speed when it moves from one medium to another.


For example, light waves changing direction going from the air into a pool of water.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Bending

d)

Electromagnetic wave

12.

When a wave strikes an object and bounces off


For example, when light hits a shiny surface such as a mirror.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Ricochet

d)

Transverse wave

13.

Waves that can travel through matter and empty space.


Think of what kind of waves reach Earth by traveling through space, and what kinds of waves will not travel in space.

a)

Electromagnetic Waves (light waves, radio waves, gamma waves, etc.)

b)

Sound waves

c)

Ocean waves

d)

Hertz

14.

Any substance through which a wave is transmitted


in other words,


any material that a wave can move through.

a)

Medium

b)

Crest

c)

Hertz

d)

Empty space (vacuum)