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Wave characteristics

Total questions: 108

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wave ?

a)

a disturbance that transfers matter

b)

a disturbance that transfers energy

c)

a disturbance that transfers both matter and energy

2.

The highest point or peak of a transverse wave, point B and F, is the ________________ .

a)

trough

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

3.

The lowest point or valley of a transverse wave, point D and point H, is the ......

a)

wavelength

b)

trough

c)

crest

4.

Amplitude , measurement Y, is a measure of how much __________ the wave has.

a)

energy

b)

speed

c)

length

5.

An area of bunched up particles (bottom blue arrow) in a longitudinal wave is an area of ________________ .

a)

rarefaction (low pressure)

b)

compression (high pressure)

c)

amplitude (energy)

6.

An area of spread out particles (bottom red arrow) of a longitudinal wave is an area of ________________.

a)

rarefaction (low pressure)

b)

compression (high pressure)

c)

amplitude (energy)

7.

A sound wave is a longitudinal wave

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The length of a crest (peak) or trough measured from the middle line.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

d)

Medium

9.

The distance between any two crests (peaks) or troughs.

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Transverse

10.

The number of times the wavelength occurs in one second, measured in units called hertz.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Medium

d)

Frequency

11.

Unit used to measure the frequency of wavelengths.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Hertz

c)

Joule

d)

Engergy

12.
The highest point on a wave
a)
trough
b)
amplitude
c)
crest
d)
wavelength
13.

The number of waves that pass a fixed point in a given amount of time is...

a)

frequency

b)

wave speed

c)

amplitude

d)

wavelength

14.
The distance from one point to the next corresponding point on a wave is called the ________________.
a)
waveform
b)
peak
c)
amplitude
d)
wavelength
15.

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

a)

high, low

b)

high, high

c)

low, high

d)

low, low

16.

The bottom part of the wave is called trough.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What do all waves transfer?

a)

Matter

b)

Heat

c)

Electricity

d)

Energy

18.

What is the number of complete waves passing a fixed point in a given amount of time?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Intensity

c)

Wavelength

d)

Frequency

19.

What is frequency measured in?

a)

Milliseconds

b)

Miles

c)

Hertz

d)

Kilograms

20.

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

a)

Wave

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

d)

Magnitude

21.

What does #1 represent?

a)

Period

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

22.

What does #2 represent?

a)

Period

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

23.

What does #3 represent?

a)

Period

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

24.

_____ waves NEED a medium to travel.

a)

Seismic

b)

Light

c)

Mechanical

25.

The distance in between two waves.

a)

wave speed

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

26.

Frequency is always measured in _________

a)

kilometers

b)

Hertz

c)

centimeters

27.

the number of waves that pass a certain point.

a)

wave speed

b)

frequency

28.

when a wave hits a barrier and bounces

a)

diffraction

b)

reflection

29.

This is a high frequency wave. Which part of the wave is "B"

a)

crest/peak

b)

wavelength

c)

trough

30.

Look at this wave. "A" is which part of a wave?

a)

Crest/Peak

b)

Wave Speed

c)

Resting Point

31.

Which wave has the longest wave length?

a)

top wave

b)

bottom wave

32.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
33.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
34.
What part is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Crest
b)
Resting Point
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
35.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
36.
What is represented by the letter 'x'?
a)
Crest
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Wavelength
37.
What is represented by the  letter 'y'?
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
38.
Distance from an 'x' to an 'x' is a________
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
rarefaction
d)
compression
39.
Distance from 'y' to 'y' is a _______
a)
Wavelength
b)
Amplitude
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
40.
Which wave has a higher frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
41.
Which wave has a longer wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
42.
Which type of wave does light travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
43.
Which type of wave does sound travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
44.

As wavelength decreases, the crests of the wave:

a)

become wider

b)

become shorter

c)

get closer together

d)

get farther apart

45.

If a wave has a long wavelength, it will have __________ energy.

a)

High

b)

Medium

c)

Low

46.

If a wave has a short wavelength, it will have __________ energy.

a)

High

b)

Medium

c)

Low

47.

If a wave has a high frequency, it will have __________ energy.

a)

High

b)

Medium

c)

Low

48.

If a wave has a high amplitude, it will have __________ energy.

a)

High

b)

Medium

c)

Low

49.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
50.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
51.

A wavelength is the distance between which 2 points?

a)

B and G

b)

A and C

c)

C and F

d)

A and H

52.
Which wave has the largest wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same wavelength)
53.
Which wave has the largest frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same frequency)
54.

What does a wave carry from place to place?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

people

55.

The highest point on a transverse wave is the

a)

compression

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

trough

56.

The lowest point on a transverse wave is the

a)

compression

b)

crest

c)

rest position

d)

trough

57.

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

58.

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is its

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

velocity

59.

The height of the wave from its resting point is called its

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

velocity

d)

frequency

60.

Longitudinal waves have:

a)

crests and troughs

b)

crests and compressions

c)

compressions and rarefactions

d)

troughs and rarefactions

61.

What is the relation between the frequency of electromagnetic waves and their wavelength?

a)

Higher frequency= Higher wavelength

b)

Higher frequency= Lower wavelength

c)

Lower frequency = Lower wavelength

62.

Which wave has more energy? Why?

a)

Top wave because the amplitude is smaller

b)

Bottom wave because the amplitude is larger

c)

They are the same because the wavelengths are equal

63.

What is the definition reflection?

a)

The bending of waves as they enter a new medium

b)

Bouncing back of waves from a surface that it can’t pass through

c)

The bending of waves as they pass through openings or around corners

d)

When two interfering waves have a displacement in the same direction, two crests and two troughs overlap. Increased amplitude.

64.

What is the definition of Refraction?

a)

The bending of waves as they enter a new medium

b)

When two interfering waves have a displacement in the opposite direction, crest and trough overlap. Zero amplitude.

c)

When two interfering waves have a displacement in the same direction, two crests and two troughs overlap. Increased amplitude.

65.
Which of the figures represents reflection?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
66.
Which of the following represents refraction?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
67.
Refraction occurs when _____________
a)
the wave's speed changes by entering a new medium
b)
a wave bounces off of a boundary
c)
waves parts meet each other
d)
waves bend around a barrier
68.
What type of wave behavior is pictured above?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
69.
What type of wave behavior is pictured above?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
70.
When a wave strikes an object and bounces off
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
71.
When a wave bends as it passes through at an angle from one medium to another.
a)
medium
b)
refraction
c)
reflection
d)
interference
72.
What is happening in the picture?
a)
refraction
b)
reflection
c)
absorbtion
73.
What type of wave behavior is pictured above?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
74.

Example(s) of Reflection

a)

Echo

b)

Echo location

c)

rough surface

d)

smooth surface

e)

bouncing

75.

What is the definition of Diffraction?

a)

The bending of waves as they enter a new medium

b)

Bouncing back of waves from a surface that it can’t pass through

c)

When two interfering waves have a displacement in the opposite direction, crest and trough overlap. Zero amplitude.

d)

The bending of waves as they pass through openings or around corners

76.
What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?
a)
reflection
b)
diffraction
c)
resonance
d)
refraction
77.
True or False: Every object has at least one natural frequency.
a)
True
b)
False
78.

Waves transfer

a)

energy only

b)

matter only

c)

energy and matter

d)

nothing

79.

The frequency of sound waves determine

a)

quality

b)

type of interference

c)

pitch

d)

loudness

80.

As a wavelength increases, the frequency

a)

decreases

b)

increases

c)

stays the same

d)

fluctuates up and down

81.
The bouncing back of a ray of light, sound, or heat when the ray hits a surface that it does not penetrate
a)
A. refraction
b)
B. reflection
c)
C. resonance
d)
D. standing wave
82.
A tuning fork starts to vibrate when a certain note is played on the piano, This is an example of _______.
a)
resonance
b)
refraction
c)
diffraction
d)
reflection
83.
What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency?
a)
reflection
b)
diffraction
c)
resonance
d)
refraction
84.
When a wave moves around a barrier or though an opening it is known as what?
a)
Diffraction
b)
Refraction
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Destruction
85.
The loudness of a sound is called
a)
the sound wave
b)
the volume
c)
the amplitude
d)
the pitch
86.

The same sound will seem louder if it travels through which of the following?

a)

solid materials

b)

liquids

c)

air

d)

solids, liquids, or gases will sound the same

87.

True or False: Sound needs a medium.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

The speed of sound depends on these two things:

a)

The type of medium and the temperature of the medium

b)

Speed of the medium and temperature of the medium

c)

Temperature of the medium and sound of the medium

d)

None of the above

89.
As the amplitude of a sound increases, the loudness
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
does not change
d)
cancels out
90.
How high or low a sound is; depends on the frequency (greater frequency= higher pitch)
a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
sound
d)
medium
91.
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. 
92.

Which sound wave shows the sound with the highest pitch?

a)
b)
c)
93.
______________ is the amount of energy in a sound wave.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Echo
c)
Volume
d)
Vibration
94.
The volume of a sound is measured in units called ________
a)
decibels
b)
liters
c)
sound waves
d)
inches per minute
95.
Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?
a)
Gas molecules are packed tightly.
b)
Solid molecules move quickly.
c)
Solid molecules are packed tightly.
d)
Gas molecules move slowly.
96.

Sound waves cannot travel in

a)

steel

b)

air

c)

a vacuum

d)

water

97.

True or False: Sound waves are faster than light.

a)

False

b)

True

98.

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge, musical instruments, and crystal stemware are examples of -----

a)

Frequency

b)

Resonance

c)

Interference

d)

Speed

99.

Sound waves travel the fastest through ---

a)

Liquids

b)

Gases

c)

Solids

100.

Sound waves from a classroom pass through a doorway into the hallway. This is possible because of __________.

a)

diffraction

b)

resonance

c)

reflection

d)

compression

101.

The pitch of a sound is directly related to the sound's _______.

a)

amplitude

b)

loudness

c)

frequency

d)

intensity

102.

The loudness of a sound is directly related to the wave's _____.

a)

wavelength

b)

frequecy

c)

rest position

d)

amplitude

103.

When a wave has less energy the sound will be _________.

a)

quieter

b)

silent

c)

louder

d)

higher

104.

The unit Hertz is used to measure the waves _______.

a)

frequency

b)

wavelength

c)

loudness

d)

amplitude

105.

______________ of waves is measured in decibels. (dB)

a)

frequency

b)

pitch

c)

wavelength

d)

loudness

106.

This illustration demonstrates which wave property?

a)

diffraction

b)

frequency

c)

amplitude

d)

Doppler Effect

107.

Resonance occurs when

a)

energy is transferred between 2 objects vibrating at different frequencies

b)

energy is transferred between 2 objects vibrating at the same natural frequency

c)

energy is transferred between 2 objects via heat

d)

energy is transferred between 2 objects via gravity

108.

How can resonance break an object?

a)

forcing an object to vibrate at its natural frequency for a short time

b)

forcing an object to vibrate at different frequencies for a short time

c)

forcing an object to vibrate at different frequencies for a longtime

d)

forcing an object to vibrate at its natural frequency for a long time

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