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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
2.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
3.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
4.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
5.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
6.
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
7.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
8.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
1. A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
11.
1. A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
a)
25 m
b)
125 m
c)
5 m
d)
25 m/s
12.
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
a)
34 m/s
b)
3400 Hz
c)
3.4 Hz
d)
34 Hz
13.
Velocity= ________
Wavelength= .5m
Frequency= 150 hertz
Wavelength= .5m
Frequency= 150 hertz
a)
.75 m/s
b)
75 m/s
c)
300 m/s
14.
What type of waves have compressions and rarefactions?
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
15.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
16.
Which part of a longitudinal wave is where particles are packed closely together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
amplitude
17.
Sound needs a medium to travel through. What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
18.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
19.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
20.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
21.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
22.
It is the energy radiated in all directions from the focus due to earthquake.
a)
seismic waves
b)
epicenter
c)
body waves
d)
surface waves
23.
The point where the earthquake begins.
a)
epicenter
b)
fault
c)
focus
d)
seismic waves
24.
This is considered as the fastest kind of seismic waves.
a)
Love waves
b)
Body waves
c)
Primary waves
d)
Secondary waves
25.
It can travel through solids only
a)
Love waves
b)
Rayleigh waves
c)
Primary waves
d)
Secondary waves
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