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Waves Review 0152

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 2hrs 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
regular disturbances that carry energy through matter or space
a)
crest
b)
energy
c)
wave
d)
trough
2.
In a longitudinal wave, the particles move...?
a)
back and forth
b)
up and down
c)
vertically
d)
in the direction of the hertz
3.

In transverse waves, particles move how...?

a)

side to side

b)

back and forth

c)

up and down

d)

don't move

4.

What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"

a)

amplitude

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

5.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
6.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
7.

A mechanical wave CANNOT travel through...

a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air. 
d)
glass.
8.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
10.

Electromagnetic waves include the following except

a)

radio waves

b)

X-rays

c)

ocean waves

d)

microwaves

11.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal 
d)
transverse wave 
12.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light 
c)
matter
d)
particles
13.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
14.
Which type of wave is pictured here?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
c)
Light 
d)
Electromagnetic
15.

Which type of wave moves parallel to the direction of the wave?

a)

transverse

b)

longitudinal

c)

surface

d)

electromagnetic

16.

It is the high pressure part of the wave where the particles are close together. It is part A on this picture.

a)

Compression

b)

Amplituide

c)

Rarefaction

d)

Wavelength

17.
The distance from one point to the next corresponding point on a wave is called the ________________.
a)
waveform
b)
peak
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
18.

How are musical instruments grouped?

a)

by frequency

b)

by pitch

c)

by wavelength

d)

by amplitude

19.

High pitched waves would have wavelengths that are...

a)

at a rarefaction

b)

far apart

c)

close together

d)

at the trough

20.
When the sound source moves, the frequency changes
ex. police car siren sounding lower pitch after the car passes
a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
Doppler Effect
d)
medium
21.
A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave
a)
sound
b)
wavelength
c)
pitch
d)
frequency
22.

Bending of waves around an object or through an opening(such as through a doorway)

a)

reflection

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

gravitational lensing

23.

travels through solids fastest because the molecules are closer together (aka greater density and elasticity)

a)
speed of sound
b)
wavelength
c)
frequency
d)
amplitude
24.

Bending of light as a result of interacting with another medium, frequency is conserved but the wave speed and wavelength change.

a)

Reflection

b)

Rarefraction

c)

Refraction

d)

Polarization

25.
Material (matter) through which a wave travels
a)
medium
b)
Doppler Effect
c)
sound
d)
pitch
26.

How high or low a sound is; depends on the frequency

a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
sound
d)
medium
27.
A wave in which the vibration is in the same direction as that in which the wave is traveling; sound waves
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
ocean wave
c)
transverse wave
d)
mechanical wave
28.
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.
a)
rarefaction
b)
compression
c)
crest
d)
trough
29.
A part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
30.

What determines the energy of mechanical and electromagnetic waves?

a)

Frequency for both

b)

Amplitude for both

c)

Electron Distribution, dipole interaction

d)

Amplitude, Frequency

31.
A reflected sound wave
a)
frequency
b)
pitch
c)
echo
d)
rarefaction
32.
A wave that requires a medium through which to travel
a)
mechanical wave
b)
chemical wave
c)
electromagnetic wave
d)
pitch
33.
You and your father inspect an empty house with the hopes of buying it. You walk through the rooms talking to one another, and you notice that your voices and footsteps are echoing in the big, empty house. What causes the echo?
a)
sound waves reflecting off smooth, flat surfaces throughout the house
b)
sound waves moving around the large rooms
c)
sound waves moving slowly through air
d)
sound waves refracting around corners in the empty rooms
34.
Cletus wants to make ear protectors for people who work around loud jet engines at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta. Which of the following materials should he experiment with for the best results?
a)
a material that produces sound
b)
a material that absorbs sound
c)
a material that transmits sound
d)
a material that amplifies sound
35.
As the fire truck approached Mary, the pitch of the siren got higher. Once the fire truck passed and moved away, the siren's pitch got lower. This change in pitch is because of a change in the sound wave's
a)
concussion. 
b)
amplitude. 
c)
reflection.
d)
frequency. 
36.
After the train passed, the pitch of the train whistle became lower. This change in sound would be represented by what change in the diagram above? 
a)
The distance represented by C would increase. 
b)
The distance represented by C would decrease. 
c)
The distance represented by D would increase. 
d)
The distance represented by D would decrease. 
37.
Which of the following would you hear as a low pitched sound? 
a)
sound wave with a frequency of 50 Hz
b)
sound wave with frequency of 10,000 Hz
c)
sound wave with an intensity of 10 dB
d)
sound wave with an intensity of 100 dB
38.

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

39.

HONORS ONLY: An observer moves towards a source of sound at a speed of 30 m/s

If the frequency of the sound to a stationary observer is 500 Hz the frequency to the moving observer is

a)

456 Hz

b)

544 Hz

c)

460 Hz

d)

548 Hz

40.
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
41.

Is the part of the longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart from each other, what is the unmarked black arrow?

a)

Compression

b)

Amplituide

c)

Rarefaction

d)

Wavelength

42.

Wave in which points on the wave move perpendicular to the motion (propagation) of the wave

a)

longitudinal wave

b)

plane wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

mechanical wave

43.

What are the top and bottom of a transverse wave called?

a)

equilibrium position

b)

trough

c)

amplitude

d)

crest

44.

Electromagnetic waves in the vacuum of space all travel at what speed?

a)

3×108 ms3\times10^8\ \frac{m}{s}  

b)

1.5×108 ms1.5\times10^8\ \frac{m}{s}  

c)

0 ms0\ \frac{m}{s}  

d)

about tree-fiddy ms\frac{m}{s}  

45.

If a incident wave hits and reflects off a smooth surface at an angle of 50°50\degree  , what is the angle of reflection?

a)

25°25\degree  

b)

50°50\degree  

c)

100°100\degree  

d)

No angle

46.

If a wave goes from a fast medium to a slow medium, what happens?

a)

it bends away from the normal line

b)

it is reflected

c)

the wave is aborbed

d)

it bends towards the normal line

47.

An incident wave goes from a slow medium to a fast medium, what happens?

a)

it bends in a circle

b)

it is refracted

c)

it bends away from the normal line

d)

there is not enough information

48.

HONORS ONLY: what variable(s) does the period of a pendulum depends?

a)

mass

b)

gravity

c)

length of string

d)

initial angle of release

49.

HONORS ONLY: if the length of a string is 1m long, and gravity on earth is 10 m/s, what is the period of a pendulum?

a)

6.28s

b)

5s

c)

1s

d)

10s

50.

HONORS ONLY: If the period of a pendulum is 20s on the moon ( 1.62 ms21.62\ \frac{m}{s^2}  ), what is the length of the string?

a)

20m

b)

5.15m

c)

16.41m

d)

31.42m

51.

How long does it take a sound wave to travel through air at −100°C-100\degree C a distance of 5m? 

a)

271s

b)

.018s

c)

54.2s

d)

.013s

52.

what effects a sound wave in a medium?

a)

density

b)

temperature

c)

material of the medium (elasticity)

d)

Yadi

53.

What is the period of a wave with frequency 1.39×107 Hz1.39\times10^7\ Hz  

a)

7.19×107 s7.19\times10^7\ s  

b)

7194244.604 s

c)

1.39×108 s1.39\times10^8\ s  

d)

7.2×108 s7.2\times10^8\ s  

54.

You notice 15 water waves are produced every 27.8s, what is the frequency?

a)

1.85 Hz

b)

.54 Hz

c)

417 Hz

d)

.9

55.

How is/was this review so far? Come back to this if you haven't gotten far enough in. What things were good and what could've been worked on? I tried to include math and concepts

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