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Unit 6.2 Explore 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which kinds of waves carry energy from one place to another?

a)

mechanical waves

b)

transverse waves

c)

electromagnetic waves

d)

All answers are correct

2.

Waves that carry energy by vibrating through electric and magnetic fields.

a)

Mechanical waves

b)

Longitudinal waves

c)

Electromagnetic waves

d)

Transverse waves

3.

Which kinds of waves must travel through a medium?

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Longitudinal waves

c)

Mechanical waves

d)

Electromagnetic waves

4.

A type of wave where the particles of the medium move parallel to the direction the energy travels?

a)

Mechanical wave

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Longitudinal wave

d)

Electromagnetic wave

5.

What type of medium does a sound wave travel through?

a)

air

b)

liquid

c)

solid

d)

all answers are correct

6.

What type of wave is an ocean wave?

a)

Electromagnetic wave

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Longitudinal wave

d)

All answers are correct

7.

What type of wave is a sound wave?

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Air waves

c)

Transverse waves

d)

Electromagnetic waves

8.

Waves in which the particles of the medium move perpendicular to the direction of the wave?

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Mechanical waves

c)

Transverse waves

d)

Electromagnetic wave

9.

Select the transverse waves.

a)

water waves

b)

light

c)

ultrasound

d)

radio waves

e)

P waves

10.

Sound waves can travel through a vacuum because they don't require particles.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
12.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
surface
d)
none of the above
13.

_________________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Crest

d)

Wavelength

14.

Which wave has the greatest wavelength?

a)

Red Wave

b)

Orange Wave

c)

Green Wave

d)

Purple Wave

15.

Which wave has the lowest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Violet

c)

Orange

d)

Green

16.

The height of a wave is called its

a)

height

b)

weight

c)

Amplitude

d)

Length

17.

True or False. Waves with a greater Amplitude have more energy than waves with a lower amplitude.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

A bird whistling softly has what type of Amplitude?

a)

High

b)

Low

c)

Medium

d)

None

19.

Which number shows the trough?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

Which number shows the crest?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4