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Wave Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Mechanical waves are created when a source of energy causes a medium to...
a)
Move
b)
Expand
c)
Vibrate
d)
Compress
2.
Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which the waves are traveling are called
a)
Surface Waves
b)
Combination Waves
c)
Longitudinal Waves
d)
Transverse Waves
3.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
4.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.

Which letter represents Wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

6.

What wave behavior is being shown here?

a)

Transmission

b)

Refraction/Diffraction

c)

Absorption

d)

Reflection

7.

What wave behavior is being shown here?

a)

Refraction/Diffraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Absorption

d)

Transmission

8.

Which wave has the greatest amplitude?

a)

Wave 1

b)

Wave 2

c)

Wave 3

9.

Which wave has the greatest frequency?

a)

Wave 1

b)

Wave 2

c)

Wave 3

10.

Longitudinal waves are vibrations and wave motion in the same direction?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the Doppler Effect?

a)

A change in frequency due to the relative motion of a wave source and an observer

b)

When a wave overlaps with another wave

c)

When a wave bounces off of another object

d)

When a wave bends due to traveling through a different medium

12.

An ambulance is driving towards you as you stand on the sidewalk. What happens to the pitch of the siren as it comes towards you?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

13.

You are standing on the side of the road when a police car races past you with its siren on. After the police car passes you, what happens to the pitch of the siren?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

c)

It turns red

14.

You are driving in a car and honk the horn at a person standing in the street. As you approach the person, what happens to the pitch of the horn according to you in the car?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

c)

It stays the same because you are in the car moving with the sound.

15.

Look at the picture. Who is experiencing a higher pitched sound?

a)

Observer A

b)

Observer B

c)

There's no difference

16.

Look at the picture. Who is experiencing a lower pitched sound?

a)

Observer A

b)

Observer B

c)

There is no difference

17.

The _______________ determines the color of visible light.

a)

wavelength (and frequency)

b)

speed

c)

amplitude

d)

particles of the medium

18.
The higher the frequency the ______ the energy. 
a)
higher
b)
lower
c)
neither, stays the same
19.

The lower the frequency the ______ the energy.

a)

higher

b)

lower

c)

neither, stays the same

20.
What type of wave behavior is pictured above?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
21.

As shown in the diagram, a transverse wave is moving along a rope. In which direction will segment X move as the wave passes through it?

a)

down only

b)

up only

c)

up then down

d)

down then up

22.

The diagram I shows a glass tube containing undisturbed air molecules. Diagram II shows the same glass tube when a wave passes through it. Which type of wave produced the disturbance shown in diagram II?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

c)

elliptical

d)

torsional

23.

1. The horn of a moving vehicle produces a sound of constant frequency. Two stationary observers, A and C, hear the horn “B”. Compared to the frequency of the sound of the horn heard by driver B, the frequency heard by observer A is:

a)

Lower and the frequency heard by observer C is lower

b)

Lower and the frequency heard by observer C is higher

c)

Higher and the frequency heard by observer C is lower

d)

Higher and the frequency heard by observer C is higher

24.

What is the velocity of a wave whose wavelength is 8.0 meters and frequency is 10 cycles per second?

a)

0.80 m/s

b)

2 m/s

c)

10 m/s

d)

80 m/s

25.

The speed of a transverse wave in a string is 12 meters per second. If the frequency of the source producing this wave is 3.0 hertz, what is its wavelength?

a)

0.25 m

b)

2.0 m

c)

36 m

d)

4.0 m