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P6 - Waves Know It

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of wave is this?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

2.

Which letter represents the wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Which letter represents the amplitude?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

What type of wave is sound?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

5.

Longitudinal waves are made of areas of compression and ___________.

a)

reflection

b)

rarefaction

c)

rectification

d)

compassion

6.

A period of a wave is the time taken to...

a)

go around the Sun

b)

complete 1 full wave

c)

complete 1/2 a wave

d)

travel 1 metre

7.

What is frequency?

a)

Number of waves per minute

b)

Number of waves per metre

c)

Number of waves per second

d)

How loud a sound is

8.

What is frequency measure in?

a)

Joules (J)

b)

Hertz (Hz)

c)

Metres (m)

d)

Watts (W)

9.

What is the symbol for wavelength?

a)

λ

b)

π

c)

β

d)

Ω

10.

What does ultrasound mean?

a)

Sound that is too high for humans to hear

b)

Sound that is too low for humans to hear

11.

Light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What type of wave is light?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Reverse

d)

Morose

13.

X-rays are ionising, so they can cause cancer.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is the speed of light (in a vacuum)?

a)

300 m/s

b)

300,000 m/s

c)

300,000,000 m/s

d)

3 m/s

15.

Which of these types of electromagnetic waves do not cause damage to human bodies

a)

Radio waves

b)

Ultraviolet light

c)

X-rays

d)

Gamma rays

16.

Which type of waves are used to image bones inside the body?

a)

Microwaves

b)

Radio waves

c)

Ultraviolet light

d)

X-rays

17.

What colour light has the longest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Pink

d)

Blue

18.

Which of these materials will absorb the most infrared radiation?

a)

Shiny black

b)

Matt black

c)

White

d)

Shiny silver

19.

Which of these materials will reflect the most infrared radiation?

a)

Shiny black

b)

Matt black

c)

White

d)

Shiny silver

20.

What is the name of the radiation that is constantly bombarding us from space?

a)

Hulk rays

b)

Cosmic radiation

c)

Background noise

d)

Galactic noise