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Unit 5 Exam Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a wave carry from place to place?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

people

2.

The part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart.

a)

amplitude

b)

compression

c)

frequency

d)

rarefaction

3.

How many wavelengths separate point A and point B?

a)

1.5

b)

2.0

c)

2.5

d)

3.0

4.

Label number 1 in the picture:

a)

peak (crest)

b)

wavelength

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

5.

Label number 2 in the picture:

a)

peak (crest)

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

trough

6.

Label number 3 in the picture:

a)

peak (crest)

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

trough

7.

Label number 4 in the picture:

a)

peak (crest)

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

trough

8.

What happens when a mechanical wave travels through a medium?

a)

waves are tranferred

b)

mass is transferred

c)

energy is transferred

d)

particles are transferred

9.

The unit of period is the _________, and represents __________

a)

meters, the length of one wave

b)

m/s, how fast the wave travels through the medium

c)

seconds, the amount of time for one wave cycle or vibration

d)

hertz, the number of wave cycles or vibrations per second

10.

This color in the visible part of the spectrum has the lowest frequency.

a)

Blue

b)

Green

c)

Red

d)

Violet

11.
 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
12.

The amplitude of a wave is...

a)

The total distance a wave will travel through a medium

b)

The height of a wave from the origin to a crest or trough

c)

The height of a wave from crest to trough

d)

The horizontal distance between two crests or troughs of a wave

13.

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the LOWEST frequency/energy

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Visible Light

d)

Infrared rays

14.

What is the Doppler Effect

a)

Where the wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving

b)

When a wave is shifted when a body pushes the wave

c)

Where the apparent wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving

15.

Electromagnetic waves vary in

a)

the speed they travel in a vacuum.

b)

wavelength and frequency.

c)

the way they reflect.

d)

the orientation of their electric and magnetic fields.

16.

Light acts like

a)

a wave.

b)

a particle.

c)

Both a wave and a particle

d)

neither a wave nor a particle.

17.

Cellular telephones utilize

a)

radar waves.

b)

very high frequency waves.

c)

very low frequency waves.

d)

microwaves.

18.

What is the amplitude of this wave?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

6

d)

10

19.

What is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

20.

A student listed some properties of waves.


Which properties did the student list incorrectly?

a)

3 and 2

b)

4 and 1

c)

2 and 4

d)

1 and 3

21.

What can you use to see all the different colors in white light?

a)

A flashlight

b)

A shadow

c)

A camera

d)

A prism

22.
Band of color in a rainbow, or from a light passing through a prism.
a)
Spectrum
b)
Space
c)
Prism
d)
Refraction
23.
What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?
a)
tuning fork
b)
prism
c)
microscope
d)
graduated cylinder
24.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through...
a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air. 
d)
glass.
25.

What is this wave's amplitude?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

50

d)

can not be determined from this picture

e)

15

26.
A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
27.
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
crest
d)
trough
28.

____________________ need a medium to travel through.

a)

Mechanical waves

b)

Compressional waves

c)

Transverse waves

d)

Ocean waves

29.
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.
30.

The unit of wavelength is the _________, and represents __________

a)

meters, the length of one wave

b)

m/s, how fast the wave travels through the medium

c)

seconds, the amount of time for one wave cycle or vibration

d)

hertz, the number of wave cycles or vibrations per second

31.
Sound does not travel in space because
a)
Space is too far away.
b)
There is no matter in space.
c)
Space is the final frontier
d)
Space has planets.
32.

Newton’s prism experiments showed that white sunlight is made up of

a)

the full electromagnetic spectrum.

b)

only blue light.

c)

all the colors of the visible spectrum.

d)

only the longest wavelengths.

33.

The prisms used in spectroscopy separate electromagnetic waves on the basis of:

a)

size

b)

energy

c)

speed

d)

frequency