WorksheetsWave
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 18mins
Mechanical waves need ________ through which to travel.
an energy
a wavelength
a distance
a medium
Which are mechanical waves? Choose more than one answers.
Sound waves
Water waves
Wave in strings
Electromagnetic waves
Which diagrams show transverse waves?
Which diagrams show longitudinal waves?
A and B are two positions on a water wave snapshot. Which is correct?
A is a crest, B is a trough.
A is a trough, B is a crest.
A is a rarefaction, B is a compression.
A is a compression, B is a rarefaction.
A and B are two positions on a water wave snapshot. Which is correct?
A is a crest, B is a trough.
A is a trough, B is a crest.
A is a rarefaction, B is a compression.
A is a compression, B is a rarefaction.
A sound wave is emitted from a speaker and heard by Lee who is 50 m from the speaker. He made several statements once he heard the sound. Which one or more of the following statements made by Lee would be correct?
Hearing a sound wave tells me that air particles have travelled from the speaker to me.
Air particles carried energy with them as they travelled from the speaker to me.
Energy has been transferred from the speaker to me
Energy has been transferred from the speaker to me
by the oscillation of air particles.
Longitudinal waves occur when particles of the medium vibrate in the opposite direction to the direction of the wave.
True
False
Transverse waves are created when the direction of vibration of the particles is at right angles to the direction of the wave.
True
False
A longitudinal wave is able to travel through air.
True
False
The vibrating string of a guitar is an example of a transverse wave.
True
False
All waves carry
(a)
All transverse waves are mechanical waves.
True
False
All mechanical waves are transverse waves.
True
False
