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Waves, Light, and Sound Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the crest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

2.

Which is the wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

3.

Which is the amplitude?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

4.

Which is the rest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

5.

What determines energy carried by a wave?

a)

Frequency and amplitude

b)

Crests and frequency

c)

Crest and noise

d)

Trough

e)

Length of rest

6.

Which type of wave is associated with matter transmission?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Gamma Ray

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

X-Ray

7.

Which wave does not need a medium to travel?

a)

Seismic

b)

Water

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

Sound

8.

Frequency is.....

a)

The amplitude of the wave

b)

The electromagnetic waves

c)

The Doppler effect when a wave is in motion

d)

Number of waves that pass a certain point each second

9.

Frequency (increases, decreases, remains equal) if a wavelength is shortened 

(a)  

10.

Sound affects frequency by.....

a)

making the frequency louder

b)

making the frequency quieter

c)

changing the pitch

d)

changing the momentum

11.

Frequency affects light by....

a)

changing the color

b)

changing the brightness

c)

changing the electrons

d)

changing the wattage

12.

How does a change in a waves amplitude affect light?

a)

turns it off

b)

changes color

c)

changes speed

d)

changes brightness

13.

Where is the speed of sound the greatest?

a)

Water

b)

Air

c)

equally water and air

d)

Neither

14.

Air molecules being pressed together is called...

a)

Refraction

b)

increased amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Compression

15.

The definition of a medium is....

a)

Between a small and a large

b)

the atoms that waves travel though

c)

the frequency above the amplitude

d)

sound waves traveling in space

16.

What is the Doppler effect?

a)

Colors changing because a different amplitudes following the crests

b)

Sound changing because amplitude is changing

c)

When the source of the wave is moving, the waves are stretched or smooshed

d)

When stars change color because of amplitude

17.

Sound is affected by the Doppler effect in what way?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Loudness

c)

Pitch

d)

Color

18.

How is light affected by the Doppler effect?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Pitch

c)

Trough

d)

Color

19.

How does the Doppler effect show us about light from other galaxies?

a)

They are moving away from our galaxy

b)

They are spinning

c)

They are blue

d)

They are getting closer to our galaxy

20.

Which wave has the has the highest frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

Which wave has the highest amplitude?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

22.

An area with no molecules is....

a)

Empty

b)

A molecule chamber

c)

Antimeter place

d)

Vacuum

23.

When looking at a pencil in water, why does it seem to be broken?

a)

The speed of light changes as it changed medium

b)

The pencil is broken

c)

The reflection of light

d)

The angle of light waves makes it appear broken

24.

What effect is the broken pencil in water demonstrating?

a)

Reflected light

b)

Refraction

c)

Angelized light

d)

Wavelength alteration

25.

What kind of wave do humans emit?

a)

Light

b)

Color

c)

Infrared

d)

Sound

26.

Objects either______, _______ or ________ light and sound

a)

Absorb, radiate, reflect

b)

Absorb, transmit, reflect

c)

Radiate, reflect, heat

d)

Radiate, reflect, bounce

27.

What colors do GREEN plants absorb?

a)

ROY G BIV

b)

ROY BIV

c)

ROY G BI

d)

OY G BIV

28.

Which is the trough?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

29.

What is transferred from place to place by waves?

a)

matter

b)

energy

c)

particles

d)

light

30.

What does the arrow in the picture represent?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

d)

trough

31.

What does the arrow in the picture represent?

a)

wavelength

b)

echolocation

c)

amplitude

d)

peak

32.

If the amplitude increases, the energy of the wave:

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

33.

What can electromagnetic waves travel through (select all that apply)?

a)

solids

b)

empty space

c)

liquids

d)

gases

34.

Sound needs a medium to travel through. What is a medium?

a)

the atoms sound waves travel through

b)

open space with far apart atoms

c)

waves between a high and a low

d)

A person who reads your future

35.

Wavelength and Frequency are related inversely, in that...

a)

they are always the same

b)

when one increases, the other decreases (inversely proportional)

c)

there is no correlation

d)

they both vary in an irregular pattern

36.
In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the coils are close together are called what?
a)
longitudes
b)
rarefactions
c)
compressions
d)
contractions
37.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
surface
d)
none of the above
38.

Light can change color due to the Doppler Effect.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Sounds are created by

a)

vibrating particles

b)

waves

c)

air

d)

electricity

40.

When light bounces off an object this is known as a

a)

Refreaction

b)

Absorption

c)

Reflection

d)

Electromagnetic Spectrum

41.

When light bends this is known as

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Incidents

d)

Impossible to bend light

42.
As frequency _____, pitch _____.
a)
rises, falls
b)
decreases, increases
c)
increases, decreases
d)
increases, increases
43.
As volume increases, ____ increases.
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
pitch
d)
resting point
44.
How are light and sound ALIKE?
a)
Both travel as rays
b)
Both can vary in pitch
c)
Both depend on vibrations in air
d)
Both are forms of energy that travel as waves
45.

If we wanted to make a wall which absorbed sound, what property should it be highest in?

a)

Reflectance

b)

Transmission

c)

Absorbance

d)

Refraction

46.

If you were installing a window, what property should it be highest in?

a)

Reflection

b)

Absorption

c)

Radiance

d)

Transmission

47.

What has the Doppler Effect show us about almost all other galaxies in our universe?

a)

They are pretty

b)

They are moving away from us

c)

They are moving toward us

d)

They are spinning

48.

What type of wave can travel through a vacuum?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Seismic

c)

Water

d)

Sound

49.

Sound waves travel through _________________ material the fastest.

a)

Dense

b)

Puffy

c)

Low density

d)

Refractive

50.

What would happen to green plants growing in green light?

a)

They would glow

b)

They would die

c)

They would turn red

d)

They would have extra roots

51.

If you were looking into a box and there was a ball in the box - AND only a purple light was on in the box (and no white light was getting in) - if the ball looked grey, what color would the ball NOT be?

a)

Yellow

b)

Orange

c)

Purple

d)

Green

52.

If you wanted a room dark, which property would you want the walls to have?

a)

High absorbance

b)

High reflectance

c)

High transmission

d)

High frequency

53.

The amount of energy a wave carries is determined by

a)

Frequency and amplitude

b)

Frequency and wavelength

c)

Amplitude and reflectance

d)

Amplitude and fuzziness

54.

If a wavelength is shortened, what must have happened to the frequency?

a)

It went down

b)

It goes up

c)

It's amplitude also goes up

d)

The reflectance goes up

55.

If someone jumps into a pool, where would the greatest energy be?

a)

Farthest from the person who jumped

b)

Half way across the pool

c)

Near the amplitude of the wave

d)

Near the person who jumped