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AKS 9A - Parts of a Wave and Relationships

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do waves carry and transfer?

a)

Nothing

b)

Only Sound

c)

Only sunlight

d)

Energy

2.

A medium is _________.

a)

a sound wave

b)

a light beam

c)

a solid, liquid, or gas.

3.

The highest part of the wave is called the _______________.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Trough

d)

Crest

4.

The bottom part of the wave is called trough.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

_________________________ 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

6.

________is the distance between the crest and the medium.

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

7.

What determines the loudness of a sound?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Crest

d)

Trough

e)

Frequency

8.

If a sound wave has a high pitch, it has a ___.

a)

high frequency

b)

low frequency

9.

The number of wavelengths that pass by a point each second is called ...

a)

wavelength

b)

pitch

c)

frequency

10.

The loudest sound is

a)
b)
11.

Diagram shows 3 types of sound waves generated from speaker. Which of the following statements is true?

a)

P has a higher pitch than Q

b)

Q has a higher pitch than R

c)

R has the highest pitch

d)

P, Q and R have the same pitch

12.

Which waveform has the lowest frequency?

a)

(a)

b)

(b)

c)

(c)

d)

(d)

e)

(e)

13.

Which of the following determines the pitch of a sound wave? Meaning they are directly related

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Reflection

d)

Absorption

14.

The higher the amplitude, the ________ energy carried by the wave.

a)

more

b)

less

15.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
c)
compressional wave
d)
none of the above
16.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
surface
d)
none of the above
17.

True or False? Wavelength and Frequency are directly related?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False? Frequency and Pitch are inversely (indirectly) related?

a)

True

b)

False

19.
How would you describe the movement of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
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.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither