WorksheetsWave Properties
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the options is the scientific explanation for a WAVE?
Any disturbance that transfers energy from place to place
Something you can surf on.
A transfer of thermal energy from one medium to another.
When molecules disperse as a result of Charles' Law
What is a medium?
Someone that talks to ghosts.
A material/matter in which a wave travels through.
The length of a transverse wave.
An absence of all matter
What is the scientific definition of a vacuum?
A straw or syphon that transfers liquid when suction is applied.
A device that cleans the floors using suction.
An absence of matter.
Which type of wave must have a material to transfer through?
Electromagnetic radiation
Mechanical waves
Radio waves, x-rays, and microwaves are all examples of what?
The light spectrum
Electromagnetic radiation
Potential energy
1980s New Wave music
Which of these images show a transverse wave?
What wave feature is B indicating on the diagram?
crest
trough
amplitude
wavelength
What wave feature is D indicating on the diagram?
crest
trough
amplitude
wavelength
What wave feature is G indicating on the diagram?
crest
trough
amplitude
source of energy
What wave feature is C and E indicating on the diagram?
crest
resting position
amplitude
wavelength
What term does the following sentence describe?
The distance between the highest point of a wave crest and the resting position of the wave is the _________.
frequency
amplitude
trough
resting position
Which of these images show a longitudinal wave?
True or false?
A transverse wave travels perpendicular (at 90 degree/right angles) to the direction of the wave source's energy?
True
False
Which wave travels in the SAME DIRECTION as the vibrations that are produced my the source?
Longitudinal
Transverse
What type of wave is shown in this image?
Transverse wave
Longitudinal wave
What type of wave does this image display?
Transverse wave
Longitudinal wave
You place a ping pong ball in a wave machine that is producing transverse waves. Which of these statements is true about the ball?
The ball will travel in the direction of the wave
The ball will travel against the direction of the wave.
The ball will bob up and down and remain in the same position.
The ball will sink below the surface of the water.
Fill in the blank:
The distance a wave travels from crest to crest in know as the _________.
Frequency
Wave length
trough
refraction
What is letter A indicating?
Wave compression
Wave rarefaction
What is letter B indicating?
Wave compression
Wave rarefaction
