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Waves & Senses

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

This is the component that describes the distance between consecutive wave points.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Frequency

2.

This is the component that describes the height of a wave.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Frequency

3.

This is the component that describes the amount of waves that go past in one second.

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

4.

Letter B is showing this wave's _______________________

a)

Wavelength

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

5.

A structure of the body used to receive information

a)

Sense adaptor

b)

Sense receptor

c)

Hair

d)

Bones

6.

Letter A is showing this wave's _________________________

a)

Frequency

b)

Wavelength

c)

Amplitude

7.

The amplitude of a wave is directly related to _________________

a)

Volume

b)

Pitch

8.

A disturbance that transmits energy from one place to another.

a)

Magnet

b)

Light bulb

c)

Waves

d)

Senses

9.

The frequency of a wave is directly related to _______________

a)

Volume

b)

Pitch

10.

Which wave has a higher pitch?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

11.

Which wave has more energy?

a)

A because the amplitude is higher.

b)

B because the amplitude is higher.

c)

A because the amplitude is lower.

d)

B because the amplitude is lower.

12.

Which wave has the lower frequency?

a)

Top because there's less waves

b)

Bottom because there's less waves

c)

Top because there's more waves

d)

Bottom because there's more waves.

13.

Our eyes and ears are sense receptors that gather information.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

Finish this conjecture: The higher the frequency, the ______________ waves there are.

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

Same amount

15.

Which of the following needs a medium in order to travel. (Check all that apply)

a)

Water waves

b)

Light waves

c)

Sound waves

16.

An echo is created when ________________________________

a)

sound waves are absorbed into an object.

b)

sound waves reflect off of an object back to our ears.

c)

sound waves don't create echoes.

17.

How is light seen by our eyes?

a)

Light reflects off of our eyes, and then on to the object.

b)

Light refracts off of objects, then into our eyes.

c)

Light reflects off of the object, and is sent back to our eyes.

d)

Light refracts off of our eyes, and then on to the object.

18.

Which wave is louder?

a)

Top because the amplitude is higher and there's more energy.

b)

Bottom because the amplitude is is higher and there's more energy.

c)

Top because the frequency is higher.

d)

Bottom because the frequency is lower.

19.

Which of the following is NOT a way that animals can use sound waves to help them surive.

a)

To locate prey.

b)

To locate predators.

c)

To be aware of their surroundings.

d)

To breathe underwater.

20.

Finish this conjecture: The higher the amplitude the _______________ the wave

a)

Taller

b)

Shorter

21.

This structure processes information and tells us how to respond to information.

a)

The brain

b)

The skin

c)

The tongue

d)

The bones

22.

Sound, light and water waves all carry ________________

a)

Energy

b)

Matter

c)

Life

d)

Mass

23.

True or False


When waves move across a surface, the object in the water moves up and down, and not side to side with the waves.

a)

True

b)

False