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Waves

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A disturbance or vibration of a medium that moves through the medium

a)

medium

b)

energy

c)

light

d)

wave

2.

Materials through which a wave travels

a)

Trough

b)

Water

c)

Batman

d)

Medium

3.

The highest point of a transverse wave

a)

Trough

b)

Top

c)

Tower

d)

Crest

4.

Which letter represents the crest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

What travels through a wave?

a)

mass

b)

energy

c)

mass and energy

d)

neither mass nor energy

6.

The two waves have different...

a)

amplitudes

b)

speeds

c)

wavelengths

d)

frequencies

7.

Which letter represents the trough?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

9.
What number represents the wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.

What does a wave carry from place to place?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

people

11.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
12.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast 
13.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
14.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
15.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
16.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
17.

To transmit means to

a)

go to lunch

b)

send

c)

go west

d)

call

18.

Amplitude is the distance between

a)

the crest and the trough

b)

each wave

c)

the middle point of a wave and the clouds

d)

the crest or trough and the middle point of the wave

19.

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

20.

The trough is the

a)

highest point in a wave

b)

the wavelength

c)

lowest part of a wave

d)

the distance between each crest

21.

What does this picture represent?

a)

wavelength

b)

echolocation

c)

amplitude

d)

peak

22.

When energy increases, amplitude _______?

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

23.

Waves are a pattern of motion that transfer energy.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What emits sound waves?

a)

Phone

b)

desk

c)

chair

d)

light bulb

25.

Which of the following can waves transfer energy through?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

empty space

e)

all of the above

26.

Why does the straw appear to be bent?

a)

light is reflected

b)

light is absorbed

c)

light is turned

d)

light is refracted

27.

What do we call a material that light can travel through?

a)

air

b)

water

c)

medium

d)

pathway

28.
The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-
a)
absorbed
b)
stopped
c)
reflected
d)
refracted
29.
Why does the lower part of the child appear so much different in size from the upper part?
a)
The light rays that travel through water and then into air are refracted.
b)
The light rays that travel through water and then into air are enlarged.
c)
The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reflected.
d)
The light rays that travel through air and then into water are reduced.
30.
Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
31.

Reflection is when light...

a)

Bends

b)

Bounces

c)

Absorbs

d)

transmits

32.

Refraction is when light...

a)

Bounces

b)

Transmits

c)

Bends

d)

Absorbs

33.

___________ travels in a straight line until something changes its path

a)

Medium

b)

Refract

c)

Reflect

d)

Light

34.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

35.

What is happening in this picture?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

36.

Students often use a hand lens to make small objects appear larger. A hand lens makes objects appear larger because the lens-

a)

increases the light’s strength

b)

changes the color of the light

c)

bends light passing through it

d)

converts light energy to heat

37.
Light bouncing off a mirror is an example of...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
38.
What does it mean to refract?
a)
bounce off
b)
to bend
c)
curve outward
d)
reflect
39.
How does light travel?
a)
in a wavy path
b)
in a straight path
c)
in a zig zag path
40.
prism
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
absorption
41.
The term for any wave that hits a surface and bounces off
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Refraction
d)
Reflection
42.
How is refraction different from reflection.
a)
Reflection is the bouncing of light off an object and refraction is the bending of light when it moves through one kind of matter to another.
b)
Reflections is the bending of light when it moves through one kind of matter to another and refraction is the bouncing of light off an object.
43.

Which of the following best models how light is reflected?

a)

An arrow hitting a target

b)

A ball bouncing off a wall

c)

An apple falling from a tree

d)

A marble rolling down a ramp

44.

Light traveling through the air moves in a straight line. An object viewed through water looks different because light rays that travel through water are –

a)

bent.

b)

bounced.

c)

reflected.

d)

absorbed.

45.

1) Refraction happens when light______

a)

bends as it enters a new medium

b)

bounces back when it hits a surface

c)

by a substance

46.

Which one of these describes a lens that causes light to come to together at a single point?

a)

concave

b)

opaque

c)

convex

d)

translucent

47.

Choose the word or words that correctly describe each object and how light behaves in the situation.

a)

Opaque, reflection

b)

Transparent

c)

Translucent, passes through

d)

a) Transparent, passes through, refraction

48.

Identify the following image as or refraction.

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

49.

Identify the following image as or refraction.

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

50.

Which type of object blocks all light from going through?

a)

Translucent

b)

Opaque

c)

Transparent

51.

Which type of object scatters light as it passes through an only allows part of the light to shine through?

a)

Opaque

b)

Translucent

c)

Transparent

52.

Light shines clear through objects that are

a)

Translucent

b)

opaque

c)

Transparent

53.

The color that you see is the color that is ____.

a)

refelcted

b)

absorbed

54.

If all light waves are reflected off an object, what color do we see?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Black

55.

If all light waves are absorbed by an object, what color do we see?

a)

Blue

b)

Black

c)

White

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