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Wave Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
2.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
3.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
4.
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
a)
Longitudinal waves
b)
Transverse waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
P-waves
5.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles
6.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
7.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
8.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
9.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
10.
Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
11.

Wave __________ is the rate of wave speed (vibration)

a)
Frequency
b)
Wavelength
c)
Amplitude
d)
Compression
12.
a)
Longitdinal Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
13.
a)
Longitudinal Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
14.
a)
A is compression
b)
A is the trough
c)
A is the rarefraction
15.
a)
B is called rarefaction
b)
B is called compression
c)
B is called the crest
16.
Speed = wavelength x frequency
The speed of a wave on a rope is 50 cm/s and its wavelength is 10 cm. What is the wave's frequency?
a)
50 cm/s
b)
5 Hz
c)
10 cm
17.
a)
Reflection
b)
Refraction
18.
a)
Diffraction
b)
Interference
19.
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
20.
a)
Constructive Interference
b)
Destructive Interference
21.

Frequency is measured in _______.

a)

Hertz (Hz)

b)

Meters per second

c)

Meters

d)

Newtons

22.

Examples of ________ waves include visible light, xrays, ultraviolet, and radio waves.

a)

transverse

b)

longitudinal

23.

A person in front of a speeding car will hear louder noise from the car than a person behind the car. Why is that?

a)

Refraction

b)

Doppler Effect

c)

Interference

d)

Diffraction

24.

The UVLEN claims to be able to create ultraviolet rays from visible light coming from a smartphone flashlight. Are the sellers being truthful?

a)

They are being untruthful because the filter absorbs the transverse waves and does not emit anything.

b)

They are being truthful since anything can change the frequency of waves.

c)

They are scamming people because a simple filter cannot change the frequency of transverse waves.

d)

None of the above

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