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Waves Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do all waves transfer?

a)

Matter

b)

Heat

c)

Electricity

d)

Energy

2.

What is the frequency of this wave? You must count the number of complete waves.

a)

1 Hz

b)

5 Hz

c)

10 Hz

3.

Which type of waves have the longest wavelength?

a)

Visible light

b)

Radio waves

c)

X-rays

d)

Gamma-Rays

4.

Shorter wave lengths can carry more energy. Which of these probably carries the MOST energy:

a)

Infrared light

b)

Visible light

c)

X-rays

d)

UV light

5.

What is the distance between the calm sea and the highest wave called?

a)

Wave

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

d)

Magnitude

6.

What does #2 represent?

a)

Period

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

7.
What can electromagnetic waves travel through?
a)
mediums
b)
empty space
c)
solely solids
d)
both mediums and empty space
8.
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
9.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
10.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.

Which image shows transmission?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

The picture shows a light ray hitting the surface of a mirror what is going to happen as it strikes?

a)

It is going to absorb

b)

It will reflect back from where it began.

c)

It is reflected at an angleequal to the angle of incident.

d)

It reflects 30 degrees from the angle of incident.

14.

Sound travels fastest in............

a)

solids because the particles are closer together than air particles.

b)

air because the particles are moving slowly

c)

Liquid

d)

Air because the particles are moving quickly and the particles are far apart.

15.

The highest point on a wave is:

a)

the crest

b)

the trough

c)

the top

d)

the coast

16.

Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?

a)

A

b)

B & D

c)

D

d)

C & G

17.
Low Amplitude = ______________
a)
Quieter Sounds
b)
Louder sounds
18.

What type of wave is this?

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Transverse

c)

Electromagnetic

d)

x ray

19.
How would a person measure the wavelength on this sound wave?
a)
dense to less dense
b)
trough to crest
c)
compression to compression
d)
beginning of illustration to the end
20.

Which are properties of a mechanical wave?

a)

can be longitudinal or transverse

b)

can move through space

c)

must have matter to move

d)

carries energy