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Wave Patterns 4.3.1 - 4.3.3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A wave that travels across miles of ocean is actually the ______________________ traveling, not water.

a)

energy

b)

clouds

c)

seaweed

2.

The slinky is moving __________

a)

from left to right

b)

from right to left

c)

up and down

3.

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time is called _____________.

a)

wavelength

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

4.

The larger the amplitude of a wave, then the _____________ energy the wave has.

a)
more
b)
less
5.
Letter F is labeling what?
a)
trough
b)
crest
c)
amplitude
d)
wave length
6.
J is labeling what?
a)
rarefaction
b)

wavelength

c)
wave height
d)
crest
7.
G is labeling what?
a)
Wave height
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wave length
8.
What part of a wave is the number 2 labeling? 
a)
Trough
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Crest 
9.

Which of these waves would have less energy?

a)
Top picture
b)
Bottom Picture 
10.

Which wave has more energy? The one with high frequency or low frequency?

(a)  

11.
Which of the following is true about waves?
a)
When wavelength increases frequency increases
b)
When wavelength decreases, frequency increases
c)
When wavelength decreases, frequency decreases
12.

When light bounces off something it is known as _____________

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

light energy

d)

mechanical energy

13.
_______ is when light hits and object and it BOUNCES off.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
14.

How does the reflection of light help us see objects?

a)

Light goes straight into our eyes.

b)

Light reflects (bounces) off objects around us until it reaches our eyes.

15.

Draw arros --> to show how the child can see his reflection on the mirror.

16.

What are ways in which light can communicate information? Click all options that apply.

a)

traffic light

b)

Morse code

c)

car turn signal

d)

Sun light

17.

How does a cell phone send a picture to another cell phone?

a)

It changes the picture into text.

b)

It sends the picture through sound waves.

c)

It downloads the picture into light waves.

d)

It encodes the picture into binary code

18.

Digital devices use binary code to _____ information.

a)

transmit

b)

Morse code

c)

pixels

d)

bits

19.

When you send a text message to a friend, what happens first after you have typed your message?

a)

the phone encodes the letters of your message using ones and zeros

b)

the phone sends an analog wave representing your message to another phone

c)

the phone produces an electromagnetic wave with constant amplitude and frequency

d)

the phone decodes the zeros and ones and converts them into letters

20.

When you send a text message to the friend, what happens after the phone encodes the letters into binary code?

a)

the code is transmitted

b)

the phone sends an analog wave representing your message to another phone

c)

the phone produces an electromagnetic wave with constant amplitude and frequency

d)

the phone decodes the zeros and ones and converts them into letters

21.

When you send a text message to the friend, what happens after the code is transmitted?

a)

the code is received by the new phone

b)

the phone sends an analog wave representing your message to another phone

c)

the phone produces an electromagnetic wave with constant amplitude and frequency

d)

the phone decodes the zeros and ones and converts them into letters

22.

When you send a text message to a friend, what happens after the code is received by the new phone?

a)

the code is received by the new phone

b)

the phone sends an analog wave representing your message to another phone

c)

the phone produces an electromagnetic wave with constant amplitude and frequency

d)

the phone decodes the zeros and ones and converts them into letters

23.

Which of the following show a form of communication that uses waves?

a)

A traffic light

b)

talking to a person across the room

c)

Sending a text message

d)

Drawing with a pencil

24.

Why can we see the field and players, but not anything outside of it?

4 lines
25.

Explain how this person can use light waves to communicate.

4 lines