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Waves

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 3hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
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
2.
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)
3400 m/s
d)
34 Hz
3.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
 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
5.

A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?

a)

320.23 m/s

b)

1391.3 hz

c)

73.6 m/hz

d)

73.6 m/s

6.
What is the speed of a 20 Hz with a 4m wavelength?
a)
0.2 m/s
b)
5 m/s
c)
80 m/s
d)
320 m/s
7.
What is the frequency of a wave traveling at 300 m/s with a 4 m wavelength?
a)
0.013 Hz
b)
75 Hz
c)
300 Hz
d)
1200 Hz
8.
Which has the longest wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
9.
Velocity= ________
Wavelength= .5m
Frequency= 150 hertz
a)
.75 m/s
b)
75 m/s
c)
300 m/s
10.
Velocity= 600 m/s
Wavelength= 2.0m
Frequency= _________
a)
300 hertz
b)
.0033 hertz
c)
3000 hertz
11.

Sound is an example of what type of wave?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

12.

The speed of a wave is 74m/s. If the wavelength is 12m, what is the frequency?

a)

6.2 Hz

b)

16.2 Hz

c)

888 Hz

d)

0.16 Hz

13.

The frequency of a wave is 3.3 Hz. If the wavelength is 7.4 m, how fast is the wave moving?

a)

2.24 m/s

b)

24.4 m/s

c)

0.45 m/s

d)

0.24 m/s

14.

The lowest part of the wave is called the ?

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

15.

The full length of a wave from a crest to a crest is...

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

node

d)

wavelength

e)

trough

16.

What does the amplitude measure?

a)

The distance from the middle resting line to the top of the crest

b)

the distance from node to node

c)

the distance from the bottom of the trough to the top of the crest

d)

the distance from one crest to a crest later down the wave.

17.

what is the velocity of a wave with the wavelength 10 meters per wave and frequency of 5 waves per second?

a)

velocity is 2 meters per second

b)

velocity is 15 meter per second

c)

velocity is 50 meters per second

d)

velocity is 50 waves per waves

e)

velocity is 2 meters per wave

18.
trough
a)
Part B
b)
Part A
c)
Part C
d)
Part D
19.
____________________  is the number of waves that move past one spot in a second
a)
energy
b)
amplitude
c)
wavelength
d)
frequency
20.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
21.
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Trough
22.

What do waves carry and transfer?

a)

Nothing

b)

Only Sound

c)

Only sunlight

d)

Energy

23.

A light wave travels through empty space with a frequency of 5 x 1014 Hz, what color is it?

a)

Red

b)

Green

c)

Blue

d)

Yellow

24.

What is the frequency of the color blue?

a)

5.55 x 1014

b)

5.99 x 1014

c)

5.16 x 1014

d)

6.66 x 1014

25.

Which wave travels in outer space?

a)

light

b)

sound

26.

What is transferred from place to place by waves?

a)

matter

b)

energy

c)

particles

d)

light

27.

Waves that require a medium to travel are:

a)

mechanical waves

b)

transverse waves

c)

electromagnetic waves

d)

light waves

28.

If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

29.

Longitudinal waves move __________ to the energy of the wave (select all that apply).

a)

Parallel

b)

Perpendicular

c)

At a 90 degree angle

d)

In the same direction

30.

Transverse waves move __________ to the energy in the wave (select all that apply).

a)

Parallel

b)

Perpendicular

c)

At 90 degree angle

d)

In the same direction

31.

Sound waves can travel through a vacuum because they don't require particles.

a)

True

b)

False

32.
What is the formula for density?
a)
density = mass x volume
b)
density = mass / volume
c)
density = mass + volume
d)
density = mass - volume
33.
What is the volume of Object X?
a)
10.0 cm3
b)
15.0 cm3
c)
20.0 cm3
d)
25.0 cm3
34.
What units are used to measure mass?
a)
g
b)
cm3
c)
g/cm3
d)
cm3/g
35.
What units can be used to express density?
a)
g/mL
b)
grams
c)
millimeters
d)
milliliters
36.

You find a gold rock in a stream up in Idaho City. The Rock has a mass of .345 kg. The object is irregular in shape so it is placed in a graduated cylinder that has 35 mL of water in it. The water level now reads 104 mL. did you find a gold nugget (19.3g/cm3) or just a piece of pyrite(5 g/cm3)? 1 cm3 = 1 mL

a)

19.3 kg/mL, Gold

b)

19.3 g/mL, Gold

c)

5.0 kg/mL, Pyrite

d)

5.0 g/cm3, Pyrite