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Energy and Waves

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which wave has a longer wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

2.

Which wave has a higher frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

3.

True or False: Waves A and B have the same amplitude.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which wave has a more amplitude?

a)

A

b)

B

5.

What is frequency?

a)

Highest point of a wave

b)

Lowest point of a wave

c)

the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

d)

Anything that has mass and takes up space

6.

What is a wave?

a)

Material through which a wave travels

b)

a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

c)

the number of beats per minute; speed

d)

Anything that has mass and takes up space

7.

What is a trough?

a)

The medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels

b)

Lowest point of a wave

c)

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

d)

Highest point of a wave

8.

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave is called?

a)

crest

b)

node

c)

wavelength

d)

trough

9.

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from their rest position is called?

a)

altitude

b)

longitude

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

10.

An electromagnetic wave is?

a)

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

b)

When a wave hits a smooth surface, and it cannot pass through it.

c)

The number of beats per minute

d)

A wave that travels through empty space and through matter

11.

A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels is called a?

a)

transverse wave

b)

microwave

c)

light wave

d)

heat wave

12.

Material through which a wave travels is called:

a)

mass

b)

average

c)

medium

d)

frequency

13.

Frequency is

a)

the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels

b)

the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels

c)

the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

d)

the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

14.

mechanical wave is:

a)

The maximum distance that the particles of a wave's medium vibrate from their rest position

b)

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel

c)

A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels

d)

The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time

15.

Highest point of a wave is called?

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

node

d)

wavelenght

16.

A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel to the direction the wave travels is?

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

microwave

c)

longitudinal or compressional wave

d)

surface wave

17.

What is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

1.5m

b)

3.0m

c)

5.0m

d)

6.5m

18.

What is the amplitude of the wave?

a)

2m

b)

4m

c)

6m

d)

8m

19.

What are the three quantities that define a wave? Mark all that apply

a)

wave length

b)

crest

c)

frequency

d)

trough

e)

amplitude

20.

What is amplitude?

a)

The number of waves that pass a given point in one second.

b)

The distance measured from a crest to a crest or trough to trough.

c)

The distance from a trough to a crest

d)

The distance from the resting point to the top of a crest or bottom of a trough.

21.

The waves are traveling at the same speed.

Which wave has the greater amplitude?

a)

Wave on the Left

b)

Wave on the Right

c)

Both amplitudes are the same

22.

The waves are traveling at the same speed.

Which wave has the greater frequency?

a)

Graph on the Left

b)

Graph on the Right

c)

Both have the same frequency

23.

Which statement is true about the two waves?

a)

Both waves have the same amplitude, but the bottom wave has greater energy because of a greater frequency.

b)

The top waves has greater energy because it has greater amplitude.

c)

Both waves have the same frequency, but the top wave has a greater amplitude.

24.

Boiling Water

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

25.

Curling Iron

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

26.

Weather Patterns

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

27.

Sun Bathing

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

28.

Mantle

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

29.

Feet on Hot Sand

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

30.

Lava Lamp

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

31.

Microwaving Food

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

32.

Cold Pack on Person

a)

Heat is transferred from the cold pack to the person.

b)

Heat is transferred from the person to the cold pack

c)

The cold pack is getting warmer. The person is getting colder.

d)

The cold pack is getting colder. The person is getting warmer.

33.

Hand Warmer in a Hand

a)

Heat is being transferred from the hand warmer to the hand.

b)

Heat is being transferred from the hand to the hand warmer.

c)

The hand is getting warmer. The hand warmer is getting cooler.

d)

The hand warmer is getting warmer. The hand is getting cooler.

34.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
35.

What type of wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Wave, what wave?

d)

Slinky wave

36.

All waves carry ______________.

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Water

d)

Energy

37.

Sound travels in which kind of wave?

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

38.

What type of waves are these?

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Longitudinal waves

39.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
40.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
41.

What are the TWO main types of waves?

a)

Ocean

b)

Electromagnetic

c)

Sound

d)

Mechanical

42.
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Compressions and rarefactions
b)
Crests and troughs
c)
Compressions and crests
d)
Rarefactions and troughs
43.
when the particles of a wave are spread out
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
node
d)
antinode
44.
when the particles of a wave are bunched up
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
node
d)
antinode
45.

Electromagnetic Waves can travel through a vacuum

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Energy is

a)

the force to do work.

b)

the ability to do work.

c)

a push or pull upon an object.

d)

flow of electrical charges.

47.

Energy cannot be ____________ nor ________________.

a)

transformed

b)

created

c)

renewed

d)

destroyed

48.

Which Apple has the greatest Gravitational Potential Energy?

a)

Apple A

b)

Apple B

c)

Apple C

d)

Apple D

49.

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.

a)

A. Sound Energy

b)

B. Potential Energy

c)

C. Nuclear Energy

d)

D. Light energy

50.

Choose the source of energy

a)

Wind

b)

Water

c)

Sun

d)

Biomass

51.

The _______________ is transformed into electrical energy inside the battery.

a)

chemical energy

b)

sound energy

c)

kinetic energy

d)

potential energy

52.

You see your friend in class about to shoot this paper across the room. What form of energy is represented when your friend uses the rubber band to launch the paper into the air?

a)

Gravitational potential energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Elastic potential energy

d)

Chemical energy

53.

What type of source do you need in this power plant?

a)

Uranium

b)

Petroleum

c)

Plant remains

d)

Water

54.

What type of source do you need in this power plant?

a)

Fossil fuel

b)

The Sun

c)

Water

d)

Wind

55.

What is being transferred with a wave?

a)

medium

b)

energy

c)

matter

d)

Chicken

56.

Which property of the wave would change if you changed the amount of energy the wave had?

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

wave speed

57.

Which letter represent the rest position?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

58.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse Wave
b)
Longitudinal Wave
c)
compressional wave
d)
none of the above
59.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
surface
d)
none of the above
60.
The units for frequency are measured in _____________.
a)
hertz
b)
seconds
c)
m/s
d)
m
61.

Is this wave transverse or longitudinal?

a)

transverse

b)

longitudinal

62.

Letter H represents a _______________ and

letter I represents a _______________.

a)

rarefaction, compression

b)

compression, rarefaction

c)

wavelength, compression

63.
What is the amplitude and wavelength of the wave shown below?
a)
 A. Amplitude: 30 cm; wavelength: 60 cm
b)
  B. Amplitude: 30 cm; wavelength: 110 cm
c)
 C. Amplitude: 60 cm; wavelength: 60 cm
d)
 D. Amplitude: 60 cm; wavelength: 110 cm