WorksheetsWAVES Check your Understanding
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Consider the diagram in order to answer the question: The wavelength of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter... ______
A
B
C & E
D
Consider the diagram in order to answer the question: The amplitude of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter... ______
A
B
C & E
D
Indicate the interval which represents one full wavelength.
A to C
B to D
A to G
C to G
TRUE or FALSE: In order for Katie to hear Paul, air molecules must move from the lips of Paul to the ears of Katie.
True - air molecules move for sound to be heard
False - air molecules don't move. Energy moves through air.
Harry and Sally are conducting a wave experiment using a slinky. Harry takes the slinky, presses it together and then lets it go. What type of wave is he representing?
Transverse wave
Electromagnetic wave
Ocean wave
Compressional/longitudinal wave
Lynn and Steve are experimenting with a rope. Steve snaps the rope down to create a wave in the rope that moves from his hand to the end of the rope. Describe the motion that each particle in the medium of that wave is moving.
The matter in the wave is move from side to side
The matter in the wave is moving up and down
The matter is not moving at all - trick question!
The matter in the wave is moving diagonally
A medium is able to transport a wave from one location to another because the particles of the medium are ____.
frictionless
isolated from one another
able to interact
very light
A transverse wave is transporting energy from east to west. The particles of the medium will move_____.
east to west only
All directions
north to south only
they won't move at all
A wave is transporting energy from left to right. The particles of the medium are moving back and forth in a leftward and rightward direction. This type of wave is known as a ____.
mechanical
electromagnetic
transverse
longitudinal/compressional
Describe how the fans in a stadium must move in order to produce a longitudinal stadium wave
up and down
diagonally
they don't move
side to side
A sound wave is a mechanical wave; not an electromagnetic wave. This means that
particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of energy transport.
a sound wave transports its energy through a vacuum.
particles of the medium regularly and repeatedly oscillate about their rest position.
a medium is required in order for sound waves to transport energy.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of transverse waves?
its energy travels in a direction which is the same as the direction of the particles of the medium (parallel).
It transports energy.
Its energy travels in a direction which perpendicular (at right angles) to the directions of the particles of the medium.
It is created by a vibrating source.
The sonar device on a fishing boat uses underwater sound to locate fish. Would you expect sonar to be a compressional or a transverse wave?
Compressional
Transverse
Neither
