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Waves

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 3hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?

a)

A & E

b)

B & D

c)

C & E

d)

C & F

2.

Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?

a)

A & E

b)

B & D

c)

C & F

d)

C & E

3.

Which term is used to identify the distance between points A & E?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Frequency

d)

Wavelength

4.

Which term is used to identify the distance between points A & B?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Frequency

d)

Wavelength

5.

Which term is used to identify the line at point B?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Baseline

c)

Frequency

d)

Wavelength

6.

What is a wavelength?

a)

How many waves pass a certain point each second

b)

The distance from one wave crest to another

c)

The entire length of a wave

d)

The height of the wave from the baseline to the crest.

7.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.

Which has the longest wavelength on the EMS (electromagnetic spectrum)?

a)

Radio Waves

b)

Visible Light

c)

Gamma Rays

d)

X-Rays

9.

A change in wavelength is displayed by what property of visible light?

a)

Intensity

b)

Brightness

c)

Color

d)

Reflectivity

10.

What is a frequency?

a)

How many waves pass a certain point each second.

b)

The distance from one wave crest to another.

c)

The entire length of a wave.

d)

The height of the wave from the baseline to the crest.

11.

A change in frequency is displayed by what property in sound?

a)

Loudness

b)

Static

c)

Softness

d)

Pitch

12.

What is amplitude?

a)

How many waves pass a certain point each second.

b)

The distance from one wave crest to another.

c)

The entire length of the wave.

d)

The height of the wave from the baseline to the crest.

13.

Amplitude is directly related to what other wave property?

a)

The energy of the wave

b)

The velocity of the wave

c)

The period of the wave

d)

The medium a wave travels through

14.

A change in amplitude is displayed by what property in sound?

a)

Loudness

b)

Static

c)

Softness

d)

Pitch

15.

Waves move ___ through vibrations

a)

Mass

b)

Matter

c)

Energy

d)

Weight

16.

In transverse waves, the direction of energy is _________ the direction of particle motion?

a)

Parallel to

b)

Perpendicular to

c)

Greater than

d)

Less than

17.

In Longitudinal waves, the direction of energy is _________ the direction of particle motion?

a)

Parallel to

b)

Perpendicular to

c)

Greater than

d)

Less than

18.

What kind of wave is pictured above?

a)

Compressional wave

b)

Transverse wave

c)

Longitudinal wave

d)

Rolling wave

19.

What kind of wave is pictured above?

a)

Electromagnetic wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Transverse wave

d)

Rolling wave

20.

Light waves are which of the following wave types?

(select 2)

a)

Mechanical waves

b)

Electromagnetic waves

c)

Transverse waves

d)

Longitudinal Waves

21.

Sound waves are which of the following wave types?

(select 2)

a)

Mechanical waves

b)

Electromagnetic waves

c)

Transverse waves

d)

Longitudinal waves

22.

What can electromagnetic waves travel through?

(select all that apply)

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Gases

d)

Empty Space

23.

Which are properties of a mechanical wave?

(select all that apply)

a)

Can be longitudinal or transverse

b)

Can move through empty space

c)

Requires matter to move

d)

Carries energy

24.

Any material that a wave travels through is called a ____________________.

a)

Vibration

b)

Compression

c)

Medium

d)

Particle

25.

Waves that require a medium are called

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Electromagnetic waves

c)

Gamma waves

d)

Mechanical waves

26.

Which of the following is NOT a mechanical wave?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Water

d)

Seismic

27.

Which type of wave travels fastest

a)

Water

b)

Sound

c)

Light

d)

Seismic

28.

You cannot hear sound in outer space because

a)

Space is a medium

b)

Space is a vacuum

c)

Space has particles

d)

Space has no light

29.

When light passes through a prism, why do you see different colors?

a)

A prism reflects all wavelengths

b)

A prism absorbs all wavelengths

c)

Different wavelength bend at different angles as they pass through the prism.

d)
30.

When light hits the shirt in the picture, which color(s) will reflect?

a)

Red

b)

Indigo

c)

Orange

d)

Violet

31.

When light hits something like a raindrop or a prism, it will...

a)

Absorb

b)

Refract

c)

Reflect

d)

Transmit unchanged

32.

What does it mean when the energy from a wave is absorbed?

a)

It reflects back

b)

It bends or scatters

c)

It is transmitted

d)

None of these

33.

To transmit means to

a)

Pass through

b)

Bounce back

c)

Spread out

d)

Store inside

34.

How is digital information transmitted?

a)

Through mechanical waves from one point to another

b)

As pulses through a medium only

c)

Through changes in the frequency of electromagnetic waves

d)

By adjusting the amplitude of various sound waves

35.

The Doppler Effect can be described as a change in ________ of sound or other wave as the source and observer move toward or away from each other.

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Energy

d)

Speed