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Waves - Seismic waves

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is transferred from place to place by waves?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

mass

d)

volume

2.

What is the height of the wave called?

a)

Volume

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

3.

Sound waves are also called ________________ because they move side to side.

a)

Tidal Waves

b)

Transverse Waves

c)

Amplitude Waves

d)

Longitudinal Waves

4.

Which part of the wave is this?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Compression

d)

Rarefaction

5.

Which part of the wave is this?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Compression

d)

Rarefaction

6.

Sound travels fastest through which of the following?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

7.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
8.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
9.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
12.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
13.

What type of wave is this?

a)

Electrical Waves

b)

Transverse Waves

c)

Longitudinal Waves

d)

Ocean Waves

14.

What type of wave is this?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Current

15.

What type of wave is this?

a)

transverse wave

b)

longitudinal wave

16.

What type of wave is light?

a)

longitudinal wave

b)

transverse wave

17.

Part 2


from "Seismic Waves"


Which best explains the correct answer to Part 1?

a)

It travels slower than the other types of seismic waves.

b)

It is the seismic wave that can travel through all of Earth's layers.

c)

It causes particles to travel in a circular motion around all of Earth.

18.
What kind of wave travels through the earth?
a)
Seismic Wave
b)
Ocean Wave
c)
Light Wave
19.

What scale is used to measure an earthquake?

a)

Ricther Scale

b)

A big scale

c)

Seismic Scale

20.
What part of the earth is broken in to 12 major tectonic plates?
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Inner Core
d)
Outer Core
21.

The point where the earthquake begins.

a)

epicenter

b)

fault

c)

focus

d)

seismic waves

22.

This is known as the sudden shaking of the ground and known as the sources of seismic waves.

a)

earthquake

b)

tsunami

c)

flood

d)

typhoon

23.
When plates break or slip past each other they form these
a)
mountains
b)
tectonic plates
c)
Fault lines
d)
earthquakes
24.
This is the name of the single digit number that means how powerful an earthquake is. It is measured on the Richter scale
a)
Force
b)
Stress
c)
Magnitude
d)
Plate Boundary
25.

What type of wave causes earthquake damage?

a)

Light waves

b)

Water waves

c)

Sound waves

d)

Seismic Waves

26.

What is the main cause of earthquakes?

a)

animals burrowing underground

b)

large ocean waves called tsunamis

c)

erosion of topsoil by rivers

d)

movement of tectonic plates

27.

What is the top layer of the Earth called?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Outer Core

d)

Inner Core

28.

The Earth's crust is made up of pieces that move and fit together like puzzle pieces. What are these pieces called?

a)

Tectonic Plates

b)

Fault lines

c)

Convergent boundaries

d)

Earthquakes