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Quiz 1 (Unit 1 Year 9)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition: Crest

a)

The highest point of a transverse wave

b)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

c)

The center of a transverse wave

d)

The distance between two points on a wave

2.

Definition: Trough

a)

The center of a wave

b)

The resting position of a wave

c)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

d)

The highest point of a transverse wave

3.

Definition: Wave

a)

Matter through which a wave travels

b)

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

c)

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

d)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

4.

What is a medium?

a)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

b)

The size of a wave

c)

The middle of a wave

d)

Matter through which a wave travels

5.

How do you measure wavelength?

a)

transverse and longitudinal

b)

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

c)

Crest to Trough

d)

From resting position, up to crest

6.

Sound is an example of a transverse wave

a)

True

b)

False

7.
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.
8.

Which wave has highest frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
10.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles