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Unit Test #2

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are types of waves EXCEPT:

a)

Longitudinal Waves

b)

Antinode Waves

c)

Surface Waves

d)

Transverse Waves

2.

If 240 waves pass a point in one minute (60 seconds), the frequency is _____.

a)

24 Hz

b)

240 Hz

c)

4 Hz

d)

14400 Hz

3.

Waves that move the medium at right angles to the direction in which the waves are traveling are what type of wave?

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Surface Wave

4.

Waves that move the particles of the medium parallel to the direction that the waves are traveling are what type of waves?

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Surface Wave

5.

What is the highest part of a transverse wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

6.

What is the lowest part of a longitudinal wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

7.

What does a wave transfer from place to place as it travels through a medium?

a)

Matter

b)

The Medium

c)

Sound

d)

Energy

8.

What is the measure from the rest line to the top of a crest called in a longitudinal wave?

a)

Trough

b)

Negative Crest

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

9.

What so you call the measure from crest to crest of a transverse wave?

a)

Trough

b)

Crest

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

10.

What is the amplitude of this wave?

a)

12 cm

b)

6 cm

c)

20 cm

d)

0 cm

11.

What is the wavelength of this wave?

a)

12 cm

b)

6 cm

c)

20 cm

d)

0 cm

12.

Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal wave?

a)

Surface wave

b)

Light

c)

Electromagnetic Waves

d)

Sound

13.

Sound travels best through which medium?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

14.

What type of wave is displayed at the top of this image?ce

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Transverse Wave

c)

Surface Wave

15.

The animation represents which of the following types of wave interactions? (Choose all that apply)

a)

Constructive Interferrence

b)

Regular Reflection

c)

Diffuse Reflection

d)

Destructive Interference

16.

What is constructive interference?

a)

When two waves combine to make a wave with a larger amplitude.

b)

When the amplitudes of two waves combine with each other producing a smaller amplitude.

c)

When a wave hits a surface through which it cannot pass and it bounces back.

d)

The bending of waves due to a change in speed, when a wave moves from one medium into another medium at an angle.

17.

What causes a seismic wave?

a)

sudden breaking of rock as it releases potential energy

b)

very loud sound waves from the atmosphere entering the ground

c)

growing pressure on rocks from the weight of material above them

d)

energy transferred into Earth from the Sun as electromagnetic waves

18.

What is the correct order of the earth's layers from the outside in?

a)

crust, core, mantle

b)

crust, mantle, core

c)

mantle, crust, core

d)

core, crust, mantle

19.

Select the transverse waves.

a)

water waves

b)

light

c)

ultrasound

d)

radio waves

e)

P waves

20.

How do transverse waves move?

a)

Lopsided to the direction

b)

Parallel to the direction

c)

Perpendicular to the direction

d)

Away from the direction

21.

When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear

a)

a louder sound

b)

a quieter sound

c)

echo

d)

nothing

22.

Identify the type of waves

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

23.

Identify the type of waves

a)

Transverse Wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

24.
You cannot hear ultrasound because it is:
a)
too loud
b)
too quiet
c)
high frequency
d)
low frequency
25.
Sound travels at 1400m/s in water. If a ship sends a sonar signal to map the bottom of the ocean and it returns after 2 seconds, how deep is the ocean?
a)
700m
b)
1400m
c)
2800m
d)
6000m
26.
What frequency range represent the human hearing capacity
a)
Below 20 Hz
b)
Between 20 Hz and 20 000 Hz
c)
Between 20 000Hz and 40 000 Hz
d)
Above 20 000 Hz
27.
Which wave can travel through the earth core?
a)
S wave
b)
P wave
28.

Infrasound occurs at frequencies below 20 Hz.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Elephants produce infrasound to communicate over distances.

a)

True

b)

False

30.
When the car moves AWAY from you, its horn seems...
a)
Low pitched
b)
High pitched
c)
Normal
31.
When an ambulance move TOWARD you it sounds ________ pitched. 
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
32.

If the amplitude of a sound wave is increased, there is an increase in the sound’s

a)

loudness

b)

pitch

c)

velocity

d)

wavelength

33.

What type of interference is occurring at the antinode of a standing wave?

a)

destructive

b)

constructive

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

34.

What type of interference is occurring at the node of a standing wave?

a)

destructive

b)

constructive

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

35.

What do we call an increase in the amplitude of a vibration that occurs when external vibrations match an object's natural frequency?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

resonance

d)

interference

36.

What type of interference do noise cancelling headphones use?

a)

Constructive Interference

b)

Destructive Interference

37.

When a crest and a trough interfere, what occurs?

a)

They combine to create a higher amplitude wave.

b)

They counteract and the wave either lessens or stops completely.

c)

The wave changes into a longitudinal wave.

38.

What will be the result after these two waves overlap?

a)

A taller wave

b)

A shorter wave

c)

A wave with no amplitude

d)

3 waves

39.

Sound made by an object traveling faster than the speed of sound?

a)

Sonic Boom

b)

Sound Waves

c)

Wave Length

d)

Frequency

40.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
41.
Sound is caused by? 
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
42.
Sound is a form of? 
a)
energy
b)
pitch
c)
volume
43.
Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
milk
b)
desk
c)
air
d)
door
44.

How does sound travel at lower temperatures?

a)

slower

b)

faster

45.

Which of the following sequences correctly lists the different arrivals of the waves from first to the last?

a)

P waves → S waves → Surface waves

b)

Surface waves → P waves → S waves

c)

P waves → Surface waves → S waves

d)

S waves → P waves → Surface waves

46.

Which set of waves are the S waves?

a)

Wave A

b)

Wave B

c)

Wave C

d)

They are all S waves

47.

Which wave is most destructive?

a)

Primary Wave

b)

Shear Wave

c)

Surface Wave

48.

2. What is the period of a wave that travels through a spring at 15 m/s and has a wavelength of 1.5 meters?

a)

10 Hz

b)

0.1 Hz

c)

10 s

d)

0.1 s

49.

Which is the unit of frequency?

a)

Hertz

b)

Ohm

c)

Volt

d)

Second

50.

Clarinet is an example of which type of instrument?

a)

Close- open tube

b)

open-open tube

51.

Flute is an example of which type of instrument?

a)

Close- open tube

b)

open-open tube

52.

A string is clamped at both ends and plucked so it produces a standing wave as shown above. How many nodes and antinodes are there?

a)

2 nodes, 3 antinodes

b)

3 nodes, 2 antinodes

c)

4 nodes, 3 antinodes

d)

3 nodes, 4 antinodes

53.

What is Node?

a)

Zero displacement

b)

Maximum displacement

54.

Calculate the frequency of a 2m closed pipe with a velocity of 343m/s.

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55.

Calculate the frequency of a 4m open pipe with a velocity of 343m/s.

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56.

A sound is recorded with an 8th harmonic, what can you say about the type of the instrument?

a)

It made by and open-open tube

b)

It made by and close-open tube

57.

A sound is recorded with an 25th harmonic, what can you say about the type of the instrument?

a)

It made by and open-open tube

b)

It made by and close-open tube

58.

It takes a water wave 4 seconds to travel between two docks that are 16 m apart. What is the speed of the wave?

a)

0.25 m/s

b)

4 m/s

c)

64m/s

59.

A water wave moving at 6m/s. An observer notices that 8 crests pass the first dock in 4 seconds. Find the wavelength of the water waves.

a)

3 m

b)

9 m

c)

1/3 m

60.

What is the funniest thing that happened to you?

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