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Waves, Matter, and the Earth

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is being measured?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

velocity

d)

electromagnetic spectrum

e)

none of these

2.

What is being measured?

a)

frequency

b)

wavelength

c)

velocity

d)

electromagnetic spectrum

e)

none of these

3.

What do you see?

a)

constructive interference

b)

destructive interference

c)

infrared interference

d)

visible spectrum interference

e)

all of the above

4.

Which part of the wave is the arrow pointing to?

(a)  

5.

What do you see?

a)

destructive interference

b)

constructive interference

c)

visible spectrum interference

d)

infrared interference

e)

none of these

6.

What do you see here?

a)

A representation of the electromagnetic spectrum

b)

A model of climate change

c)

A depiction of a longitudinal wave traveling through different media

d)

A visual aid that describes how the amplitude of a wave determines its characteristics

e)

none of these

7.

What changed? (choose all that apply)

a)

frequency

b)

velocity

c)

speed

d)

mass

e)

none of these

8.

What changed? (choose all that apply)

a)

wavelength

b)

velocity

c)

energy

d)

frequency

e)

none of these

9.

What changed? (choose all that apply)

a)

amplitude

b)

velocity

c)

speed

d)

mass

e)

none of these

10.

What do you see?

a)

ionization

b)

refraction

c)

resonance

d)

S-waves

e)

all of the above

11.

What is this?

a)

a phenomenon known as the "photoelectric effect"

b)

an observation known as the "Carbonaro effect"

c)

a phenomenon known as the "Carter factor"

d)

an observation known as the "O'Reilly factor"

e)

an observation known as the "Dunning-Krueger effect"

12.

What is this talking about?

a)

photon

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

neutron

e)

moron

13.

What kind of relationship does this describe?

a)

a qualitative relationship

b)

a quantitative relationship

c)

a platonic relationship

d)

a casual relationship

e)

none of these

14.

What kind of relationship does this describe?

a)

a qualitative relationship

b)

a quantitative relationship

c)

a platonic relationship

d)

a casual relationship

e)

none of these

15.

What phenomenon is described here?

a)

radiation

b)

transmorphication

c)

vaccination

d)

anthropomorphization

e)

all of these

16.

What phenomenon is described here?

(a)  

17.

What do you see?

a)

resonance

b)

radiation

c)

velocity

d)

compression

e)

P-waves

18.

What word matches the picture/description?

a)

seismic

b)

biologic

c)

physiologic

d)

subnautic

e)

none of these

19.

What do you see?

a)

speed

b)

amplitude

c)

acceleration

d)

force

e)

mass

20.

What kind of wave is this?

a)

transverse wave

b)

compression wave

c)

sound wave

d)

heat wave

e)

extra large wave

21.

What do you see?

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

apex

d)

peak

e)

median

22.

Que ves?

a)

velocidad

b)

valle

c)

onda transversal

d)

interferencia

e)

ninguno de esos

23.

What is being measured, here? (choose all that apply)

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

velocity

d)

quantity

e)

ionization

24.

Frequency is measured in "Hertz". If one wave passes a particular point every second, the frequency of that wave is said to be "1 Hertz(Hz for short)". What can we deduce about a wave said to be "1 kiloHertz(kHz)"?

a)

One "wave" goes by every minute

b)

One hundred "waves" go by per second

c)

One hundred "waves" go by per minute

d)

One thousand "waves" go by per second?

e)

Not enough information

25.

Which equations describe the relationship between frequency, velocity, and wavelength? (Choose all that apply)

a)

velocity = frequency * wavelength

b)

wavelength = velocity / frequency

c)

λ = velocity / frequency

d)

frequency = wavelength / velocity

e)

velocity = wavelength * λ

26.

A particular wave has a frequency of 1.0 x 105 Hz and a wavelength(λ) of 3.0 x 101 m. What is the expected velocity of the wave?

a)

3.0 x 106 m/s

b)

3.0 x 105 Hz

c)

4.0 x 106 m/s

d)

4.0 x 105 m/s

e)

none of these

27.

A particular wave has a frequency of 2.0 x 107 Hz and a wavelength(λ) of 2.0 x 10-1 m. What is the expected velocity of the wave?

a)

4.0 x 106 m/s

b)

2.0 x 105 Hz

c)

2.0 x 106 m/s

d)

4.0 x 10-5 m/s

e)

none of these

28.

What do you see?

a)

The angle of refraction has been marked

b)

The angle of incidence has been marked

c)

The normal angle has been marked

d)

none of these

29.

What can you infer from the image? (assume the purple arrow is a light beam)

a)

The index of refraction for medium 2 must be higher than the index of refraction for medium 1.

b)

The index of refraction for medium 1 must be higher than the index of refraction for medium 2.

c)

The index of refraction for medium 1 must be approximately the same as the index of refraction for medium 2.

d)

none of these

30.

What do you see?

a)

The angle of refraction has been marked

b)

The angle of incidence has been marked

c)

The normal angle has been marked

d)

none of these

31.

What do you see?

a)

The angle of refraction has been marked

b)

The angle of incidence has been marked

c)

The normal angle has been marked

d)

none of these

32.

What is the relationship between amplitude and wavelength in a wave? (choose all that apply)

a)

they have no relationship, other than the wavelength depends on the amplitude being greater than 0 m.

b)

Wavelength increases as amplitude increases

c)

Wavelength increases as amplitude decreases

d)

Wavelength decreases as amplitude decreases

e)

none of these

33.

Imagine a light beam traveling from medium 1 into (and through) medium 2, just like in the simulation. The angle of incidence is 44 deg, and the index of refraction of medium 1 is 2.4. The light bends away from the normal a little bit, and the angle of refraction, when measured, turns out to be 56 deg. Calculate the index of refraction of medium 2 (remember, "medium" is a material that light moves through).


Type your answer as a decimal number

(a)  

34.

Imagine a light beam traveling from medium 1 into (and through) medium 2, just like in the simulation. The angle of incidence is 31 deg, and the index of refraction of medium 1 is 2.7. The light bends towards the normal (do you know what I mean when I say "the normal"?), and the angle of refraction, when measured, turns out to be 16 deg. Calculate the index of refraction of medium 2 (remember, "medium" is a material that light moves through).


Type your answer as a decimal number

(a)  

35.

Imagine a light beam traveling from medium 1 into (and through) medium 2, just like in the simulation. The angle of incidence is 38 deg, and the index of refraction of medium 1 is 2.1. The light bends towards the normal, and the angle of refraction, when measured, turns out to be 12 deg. Calculate the index of refraction of medium 2 (remember, "medium" is a material that light moves through).


Type your answer as a decimal number

(a)