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WorksheetsWave Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
1) _____ waves NEED a medium to travel.
Seismic
Light
Mechanical
2) What is transferred from place to place by waves?
matter
energy
particles
light
3) What does the arrow in the picture represent?
amplitude
wavelength
frequency
trough
4) What kind of wave is pictured below?
compressional wave
transverse wave
longitudinal wave
mechanical wave
5) Which wave is pictured?
Transverse
Longitudinal
Electromagnetic
Light
6) How are the frequency of a wave and the period related?
They both equal the wavelength.
They are both the inverse of the wavelength.
They are the inverse of each other
They are both related to the amplitude.
7) Longitudinal waves move __________ to the energy of the wave (select all that apply).
Parallel
Perpendicular
At a 90 degree angle
In the same direction
8) Transverse waves move __________ to the energy in the wave (select all that apply).
Parallel
Perpendicular
At 90 degree angle
In the same direction
9) The area of a longitudinal wave where particles are pushed close together are called:
rarefactions
compressions
amplitude
wavelength
10) The areas of a longitudinal waves where particles are spread far apart from each other are called:
rarefactions
compressions
amplitude
wavelength
11) A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
12) A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
13) What is the Doppler Effect?
Where the wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving
When a wave is shifted when a body pushes the wave
Where the apparent wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving
14) If a wave is traveling at 260 m/s and has a wavelength of 0.8 m/s, what is its frequency?
15) The bouncing back of light ray
Refraction
Reflection
Diffusion
Dispersion
16) If the angle of incidence is 25 degrees, the angle of reflection is
20 degrees
25 degrees
50 degrees
90 degrees
17) A plane mirror always produce ________images.
virtual
real
ideal
refracted
18) One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m. The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz. What is the speed of the wave?
19) 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?
320.23 m/s
1391.3 hz
73.6 m/hz
73.6 m/s
20) Frieda the fly flaps its wings back and forth 121 times each second. The period of the wing flapping is
