WorksheetsMechanical waves review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is the distance between the top of the wave and the resting point called?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Frequency
Speed
3 waves pass a specific point every second, what is the frequency of the wave?
1 hz
1 m/s
3 hz
3 m/s
How is wavelength related to frequency?
Directly - if one gets larger, so does the other
Inversely - if one gets larger, the other gets smaller
They are not related to each other
What type of wave vibrates 90 degrees from its direction of travel?
Transverse
Longitudinal (Compression)
Surface
Crowd
What type of wave vibrates in the same direction that it travels?
Transverse
Longitudinal (Compression)
Surface
Crowd
What determines the speed of a mechanical wave?
Amplitude
Medium
Type of wave
Mr. Greening's mood
What do we call the material that a wave travels through?
Wavelength
Amplitude
Medium
Vacuum
What do we call the dense compressions that occur in longitudinal waves?
Compressions
Rarefactions
Crests
Troughs
What are the less dense areas of a compression wave?
Compressions
Rarefactions
Crests
Troughs
What is a crest?
The top of a transverse wave
The bottom of a transverse wave
The compressed points in a longitudinal wave
The less dense regions of a compression wave
Where can we find the trough of a transverse wave?
The top of the wave
The bottom of the wave
The dense points in a compression wave
The less dense points in a longitudinal wave
How is speed, wavelength, and frequency related?
Frequency = wavelength x speed
Speed = wavelength x frequency
Wavelength = speed x frequency
If the distance from one compression to the next in a compression wave is 5 cm, what is the wavelength?
3 m
3cm
5 m
5 cm
If a wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 2 hz, what is the speed of the wave?
2 m/s
4 m/s
6 m/s
8 m/s
If a wave starts vibrating faster, what is increasing?
Speed
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
If a wave starts to vibrate in high waves, what is increasing?
Speed
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
What does increasing the amplitude of a wave mean for the energy carried by the wave?
More energy
Less energy
The same energy
No energy
What is the medium for waves you see at the beach?
Ropes
Sand
Water
Pepsi
