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characteristics of waves by sam, mackenzie and ava

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of wave needs a medium to pass through?

a)

Mechanical

b)

Ultraviolet

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

Water

2.

What are the two main types of mechanical waves?

a)

Transverse

b)

Rarefraction

c)

Radio

d)

longitudinal

3.

What do the vertical gray lines on the graph represent?

a)

frequency

b)

wavelength

c)

water

d)

amplitude

4.

What is wave frequency?

a)

distance between crest and trough

b)

wavelength times amplitude

c)

number of wavelengths per second

d)

it doesn't exist

5.

Which wave has the highest frequency?

a)

x ray

b)

gamma ray

c)

visible light

d)

radio wave

6.

What does "D" represent on the graph?

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

7.

If the crest is the top of each transverse wavelength, what is the trough?

a)

same as the amplitude

b)

a really awesome car

c)

the bottom of the wavelength

d)

also the top

8.

What is the order of waves on the electromagnetic spectrum from largest wavelength to smallest?

a)

gamma ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible light, infrared, microwave, radio wave

b)

electromagnetic wave, mechanical wave, transverse wave, compression wave

c)

radio wave, microwave, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-ray, gamma ray

d)

compression waves, longitudinal waves, mechanical waves, transverse waves

9.

What does a lambda represent in physics?

a)

an electromagnetic wave

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

volts

e)

none of the above

10.

Seeing yourself in a calm pond is an example of what?

a)

refraction

b)

defraction

c)

reflection

d)

amplinode

11.

What color absorbs all colors (ROYGBIV) and reflects none?

a)

black

b)

white

c)

red

d)

none of the above

12.

What is an example of diffraction?

a)

a mirror

b)

the straw seeming disconnected in a glass of water

c)

light hitting a cd

d)

a beam of light not showing through a wall

e)

seeing a fish in the water

13.

the (blank) is the position of maximum displacement in a standing wave system

(a)  

14.

What's your favorite wave?

a)

ocean

b)

transverse

c)

ultraviolet

d)

infrared

e)

compression

15.

Electromagnetic waves do not need a

(a)  

16.

What does ROYGBIV represent?

a)

the visible light spectrum

b)

the electromagnetic spectrum

c)

the order of the rainbow

d)

the color spectrum

17.

Have you learned anything from this quizizz?

4 lines
18.

a form of energy that acts by removing electrons from atoms and molecules of materials that include air, water, and living tissue.

(a)  

19.

What are the scrunched together parts of a longitudinal wave called (A)

a)

trough

b)

compressions

c)

rerefractions

d)

a wavelength

20.

What is letter B pointing to?

(a)  

21.

What is letter C referring to?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

compression

d)

compression distance

22.

What type of wave is an ocean wave?

a)

mechanical

b)

transverse

c)

longitduinal

d)

gravity wave

e)

anti-gravity wave