wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Wave Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1) _____ waves NEED a medium to travel.

a)

Seismic

b)

Light

c)

Mechanical

2.

2) What is transferred from place to place by waves?

a)

matter

b)

energy

c)

particles

d)

light

3.

3) What does the arrow in the picture represent?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

d)

trough

4.

4) What kind of wave is pictured below?

a)

compressional wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

mechanical wave

5.

5) Which wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

Light

6.

6) How are the frequency of a wave and the period related?

a)

They both equal the wavelength.

b)

They are both the inverse of the wavelength.

c)

They are the inverse of each other

d)

They are both related to the amplitude.

7.

7) 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

8.

8) 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

9.

9) The area of a longitudinal wave where particles are pushed close together are called:

a)

rarefactions

b)

compressions

c)

amplitude

d)

wavelength

10.

10) The areas of a longitudinal waves where particles are spread far apart from each other are called:

a)

rarefactions

b)

compressions

c)

amplitude

d)

wavelength

11.

 11) 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
12.

12) 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
13.

13) What is the Doppler Effect?

a)

Where the wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving

b)

When a wave is shifted when a body pushes the wave

c)

Where the apparent wavelength of a wave is shifted due to the source moving

14.

14) If a wave is traveling at 260 m/s and has a wavelength of 0.8 m/s, what is its frequency?

a)
208 Hz
b)
325 Hz
c)
430 Hz
d)
160 Hz
15.

15) The bouncing back of light ray

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Diffusion

d)

Dispersion

16.

16) If the angle of incidence is 25 degrees, the angle of reflection is

a)

20 degrees

b)

25 degrees

c)

50 degrees

d)

90 degrees

17.

17) A plane mirror always produce ________images.

a)

virtual

b)

real

c)

ideal

d)

refracted

18.

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?

a)
3.00 m/s
b)
2.50 m/s
c)
.75 m/s
d)
1.25 m/s
19.

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?

a)

320.23 m/s

b)

1391.3 hz

c)

73.6 m/hz

d)

73.6 m/s

20.

20) Frieda the fly flaps its wings back and forth 121 times each second. The period of the wing flapping is 

a)
0.008 Hz
b)
0.008 s
c)
121 Hz
d)
121 s