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Wave Properties

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wave ?

a)

a disturbance that transfers matter

b)

a disturbance that transfers energy

c)

a disturbance that transfers both matter and energy

2.

What is the matter that a wave moves through?

a)

a vessel

b)

a vacuum

c)

a medium

3.

What type of wave requires a medium to travel?

a)

mechanical

b)

electromagnetic radiation

c)

light wave

4.

A sound wave is a mechanical wave

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What type of wave does not require a medium to travel?

a)

mechanical wave

b)

electromagnetic radiation

c)

sound wave

6.

The type of wave that travels at a right angle, or perpendicular to the disturbance is a ........

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Rouge Wave

7.

What is the type of wave that travels in the same direction as that of the disturbance?

a)

Longitudinal wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Rouge Wave

8.

The highest point or peak of a transverse wave, point B and F, is the ________________ .

a)

trough

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

9.

The lowest point or valley of a transverse wave, point D and point H, is the ......

a)

wavelength

b)

trough

c)

crest

10.

Amplitude , measurement Y, is a measure of how much __________ the wave has.

a)

energy

b)

speed

c)

length

11.

_____________ is a measurement of how long or short a wave is. (Point B to Point F or Point D to Point H)

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

compression

12.

An area of bunched up particles (bottom blue arrow) in a longitudinal wave is an area of ________________ .

a)

rarefaction (low pressure)

b)

compression (high pressure)

c)

amplitude (energy)

13.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
14.
Which property of these waves differs?
a)
Frequency
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Pitch
15.
A high energy wave is considered to have a high 
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
wavelength
d)
period
16.
What type of waves have compressions and rarefactions?
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
17.
Which wave has the highest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
Frequency is
a)
Amount of time it takes for one wavelength
b)
How many wavelengths are completed in one second
c)
Distance between two crests or two troughs
d)
Amount of energy in a wave
19.
Frequency is measured in
a)
Newtons
b)
Joules
c)
Hertz
d)
Decibels
20.
Which is the correct equation for calculating the speed of a wave?
a)
T = 1/f
b)
Speed= Wavelength x Period
c)
Speed = Wavelength/Frequency
d)
Speed= Wavelength x Frequency
21.
A period is
a)
Amount of time it takes a wavelength to complete one cycle.
b)
How many wave lengths happen in a second.
c)
An indication of the amount of energy in a wave.
d)
The distance between two crests or two troughs.
22.
These waves have the same
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
period 
d)
wavelength
23.

A short wavelength is equal to

a)

a low frequency

b)

slow wave speed.

c)

a high frequency

d)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

24.

#2 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough