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Johnson Science 4th Grade Waves Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sound waves travel slowest through __________.

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

outer space

d)

solid

2.

How do waves lose energy?

a)

They break.

b)

They speed up.

c)

They slow down.

d)

They have high amplitude.

3.

What is amplitude?

a)

a wave with long wavelengths

b)

a wave with short wavelengths

c)

the height of a wave from rest position

d)

the volume of a wave from rest position

4.

What are gamma rays like?

a)

They have long wavelengths and low energy.

b)

They have long wavelengths and high energy.

c)

They have short wavelengths and low energy.

d)

They have short wavelengths and high energy

5.

What creates waves?

a)

energy

b)

surfers

c)

weather

d)

wind

6.

How far can an ocean wave travel?

a)

3,000 miles

b)

9,000 miles

c)

15,000 miles

d)

20,000 miles

7.

Which scientist ran experiments on ocean waves?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Walter Munk

8.

What is a wave?

a)

how matter is transported through air

b)

how energy is transported through time

c)

how matter is transported through space

d)

how energy is transported through matter

9.

What are ocean waves caused by?

a)

rain

b)

sand

c)

water

d)

wind

10.

What is it called when a wave loses its energy?

a)

bending

b)

folding

c)

tilting

d)

breaking

11.

Sound waves travel fastest through __________.

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

d)

outer space

12.

Label the parts of the wave.

What is number 1?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

trough

d)

crest

13.

Label the parts of the wave. #2

Name #2 of the part of the wave.

a)

crest

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

trough

14.

Label the parts of the wave. #3

Name #3 of the part of the wave.

a)

crest

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

trough

15.

Label parts of the wave. What is #4 of the wave?

a)

crest

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

trough

16.

This wave has a __________ frequency.

a)

high

b)

low

17.

Which animal uses echolocation?

a)

whale

b)

zebra

c)

robin

d)

dolphin

18.

Some animals in the ocean use sound to __________.

a)

sleep

b)

eat fish

c)

locate habitats

d)

avoid predators

19.

What do some ocean animals rely on to communicate?

a)

their eyes

b)

their fins

c)

gravity

d)

sound

20.

Air particles travel in waves.

a)

true

b)

false