WorksheetsWave Properties and Terms Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
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.
The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.
a)
Density
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Amplitude
7.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
8.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
9.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
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.
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.
12.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through...
a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air.
d)
glass.
13.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
14.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
15.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
a)
frequency
b)
period
c)
longitudinal
d)
transverse wave
16.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
17.
Which type of wave is pictured here?
a)
Longitudinal
b)
Transverse
c)
Light
d)
Electromagnetic
18.
High pitched waves would have wavelengths that are...
a)
at a rarefaction
b)
far apart
c)
close together
d)
at the trough
19.
The number of wave cycles in a unit of time is the ...
a)
Wave Speed
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
e)
Period
20.
The time for one cycle is the ...
a)
Wave speed
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
e)
Period
21.
How fast the wave travels along the medium is the ...
a)
Wave speed
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
e)
Period
22.
Waves with a higher frequency have a ...
a)
longer wavelength
b)
shorter wavelength
c)
higher amplitude
d)
shorter amplitude
23.
A wave with a very long wavelength has a ...
a)
high frequency
b)
low frequency
c)
large amplitude
d)
short amplitude
24.
A wave has a wavelength of 15m and a frequency of 10Hz. What is the wave speed?
a)
1.5 m/s
b)
1.5m/s2
c)
150 m/s
d)
150 m/s2
25.
The moving black dot is called:
a)
a node
b)
an anti-node
c)
an anti-amplitude
d)
the wangy bit
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