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Basic Waves

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are are the 2 wave types?

a)

Electromagnetic Waves

b)

Cosmic Waves

c)

Mechanical Waves

d)

Barney

2.

True or False: Electromagnetic Waves CAN go through matter.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How do transverse waves move?

a)

Lopsided to the direction

b)

Parallel to the direction

c)

Perpendicular to the direction

d)

Away from the direction

4.

What are 2 examples of mechanical waves?

a)

Light

b)

Waves in the ocean

c)

Microwave

d)

Sound

5.

What is matter?

a)

Anything that has WEIGHT and TAKES UP SPACE.

b)

Solids

c)

Liquids

d)

Gases

6.

What is the name for the highest point of the wave?

a)

Earl

b)

Crown

c)

Crest

d)

Top Part

7.

True or False. Mechanical waves ONLY travel through matter.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

Electromagnetic waves can only be what kind of wave movement?

a)

Transverse

b)

Transylvania

c)

Translated

d)

Transport

9.

What is the lowest point of the wave called?

a)

Trough

b)

Valley

c)

Bob

d)

Low part

10.

True or False. The slower the frequency the smaller the wavelength.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What are the two movement of waves?

a)

Lithium Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Nitrogen Wave

d)

Longitudinal Wave

12.

What kind of wave is shown in the picture?

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Transverse

13.

What type of wave is shown in the picture?

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Transverse

14.

What makes Electromagnetic Waves unique?

a)

They have green hair.

b)

They can travel in a vacuum.

c)

They can travel through water.

d)

They can read minds.

15.

What is a vacuum?

a)

A place without matter.

b)

Dyson

c)

A type of fish

d)

A cave under the sea.

16.

What causes sound?

a)

Magic

b)

The power of belief

c)

Vibrations

17.

True or False. Light waves travel in zig-zags.

a)

True.

b)

False.

18.

In sound waves, what is another term for amplitude?

a)

Davy

b)

Length

c)

Volume

d)

Matter

19.

What can light waves do?

a)

They can be absorbed.

b)

The can reflect.

c)

They can lift a car.

d)

They can travel in a straight line.

20.

According to our definitions, which example shows a translucent material?

a)

A.

b)

B.

c)

C.

d)

All of them.

21.

Light travels fast! At what speed does it travel?

a)

300,000,000 miles per second

b)

50 miles per hour

c)

6

d)

1000 gillion kilometers per minute

22.

Light can travel in a vacuum. So, which type of wave is light?

a)

The nice type.

b)

Mechanical.

c)

Translucent.

d)

Electromagnetic.

23.

Transparent means you can see through it clearly. What materials would be transparent?

a)

A brick wall.

b)

A window.

c)

A mirror.

d)

A glass.