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Waves Review

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the two types of mechanical waves?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Light and Sound

d)

Transverse and Longitudinal

2.

Red has the _________ wavelength

a)

shortest

b)

longest

3.

Red has the __________ frequency.

a)

high

b)

low

4.

Violet has the __________ wavelength

a)

shortest

b)

longest

5.

Violet has the __________ frequency.

a)

low

b)

high

6.

What would produce the least amount of energy: ___________ wavelength and _____________ frequency.

a)

longest wavelength and low frequency

b)

shortest wavelength and low frequency

c)

longest wavelength and high frequency

d)

shortest wavelength and high frequency

7.

Your test wants to make a sound wave louder? What should you change?

a)

pitch

b)

sound

c)

amplitude

d)

crest

8.

How do you change the pitch?

a)

sound

b)

pitch

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

9.

Sound waves are longitudinal or transverse waves?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

10.

Light waves are longitudinal or transverse waves?

a)

longitudinal

b)

transverse

11.

Sound waves are mechanical or electromagnetic waves?

a)

mechanical

b)

electromagnetic

12.

Light waves are mechanical or electromagnetic waves?

a)

mechanical

b)

Electromagnetic

13.

The top part of the wave is called the _______________.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Trough

d)

Crest

14.

_________________________ is the distance between a point on one wave and the identical point of the next wave.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Crest

d)

Wavelength

15.

Which wave has the longest wavelength?

a)

Red Wave

b)

Orange Wave

c)

Green Wave

d)

Purple Wave

16.

Which wave has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Violet

c)

Orange

d)

Green

17.

Longitudinal waves have:

a)

crests and troughs

b)

crests and compressions

c)

compressions and rarefactions

d)

troughs and rarefactions

18.

Transverse waves have:

a)

crests and troughs

b)

troughs and rarefactions

c)

compressions and contractions

d)

rarefactions and crests

19.

how high (woman's voice) or low (man's voice) a sound is

a)

pitch

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

d)

transverse

20.

the ______ of a wave is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time.

a)

pitch

b)

wavelenth

c)

frequency

d)

transerve

21.
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Trough
22.

What wave interaction?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

23.

What is the wave interaction?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

24.

What type of wave interaction?

a)

reflection

b)

diffraction

c)

constructive interference

d)

destructive interference

25.

What type of wave interaction?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

26.

Which wave is the fastest? ALWAYS

a)

mechanical

b)

electromagentic

c)

same

27.

Electromagnetic waves do not need a ______

a)

sound

b)

medium

c)

place

d)

energy

28.

Electromagnetic and mechanical waves travel at

a)

same speed

b)

different... electromagnetic waves are faster

c)

different .... mechanical waves are faster

29.

Sound waves will travel the fastest through _________

a)

Human fat

b)

Gold

c)

ice

d)

air

30.

Electromagnetic waves move _____________ when going from gases to liquids to solids

a)

slowly

b)

faster

31.

Why does an ambulance sound louder as it approaches you? This has nothing to do with wavelengths. ONLY FREQUENCY

a)

The ambulance compresses air in front of it as it moves causing sound waves with a lower observed frequency.

b)

The ambulance compresses air in front of it as it moves causing sound waves with a higher observed frequency.

c)

The ambulance compresses air in front of it causing sound waves with longer observed wavelengths.

d)

The ambulance compresses air in front of it causing sound waves with shorter observed wavelengths.

32.

Why do the sound waves in the front look different than the sound waves in the back? NOTHING TO DO WITH WAVELENGTH

a)

The observed waves in front have a longer wavelength and produce a higher pitch.

b)

The observed waves in front have a shorter frequency and produce a higher pitch.

c)

The observed waves in front have a longer wavelength and produce a lower pitch.

d)

The observed waves in front have a higher frequency and produce a higher pitch.

33.

If you decrease the what is shown in the picture (wavelength).... what happens

a)

Amplitude increases

b)

Frequency increases

c)

Crest increases

d)

Wavelength increases

34.

As wavelength decreases frequency will

a)

increase

b)

decrease

35.

What is amplitude

a)

how wide the wave is

b)

top of the wave

c)

bottom of the wave

d)

height (how tall the wave is)

36.

What is frequency

a)

number of waves you see

b)

height of the wave

c)

top of the wave

d)

How wide a wave is

37.

When the frequency of a wave is doubled, what happens to its wavelength?

a)

doubled

b)

halved

c)

quartered

d)

unchanged

38.

If you want to match pitch what should stay the same

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

39.

Is light electromagnetic or mechanical?

a)

electromagnetic

b)

mechanical

40.

Is sound electromagnetic or mechanical?

a)

electromagnetic

b)

mechanical

41.

What types of waves can travel through a medium

a)

Only mechanical

b)

only electromagnetic

c)

Both mechanical and electromagnetic

42.

What types of waves can show reflection, refraction, diffraction, constructive and destructive interference.

a)

only mechanical

b)

only electromagnetic

c)

Both mechanical and electromagnetic

43.

Sound travels the fastest through solids, liquids, or gases?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

44.

light travels the fastest through solids, liquids, or gases?

a)

solids

b)

liquids

c)

gases

45.

Why does a siren on an ambulance sound louder as it approaches you?

a)

sound waves travel faster

b)

sound waves have longer wavelengths

c)

Sound waves have a higher frequency in front

d)

Sound waves have a higher frequency behind

46.

Look at the picture. Are the waves behind the car more frequent or less frequent.

a)

more frequent

b)

;less frequent

47.

Look at the picture. Behind the car are the wavelengths longer or shorter?

a)

longer wavelengths

b)

shorter wavelengths

48.

If something loud is approaching you what happens to the pitch?

a)

High pitch

b)

low pitch

49.

Which wave travels the fastest?

a)

mechanical waves

b)

electromagnetic waves

50.
A wave carries...?
a)
energy only
b)
matter only
c)
the matter carries the energy
d)
neither
51.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
52.
What number represents the wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
53.
What number represents the amplitude?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
54.
How many waves are in this wave chain?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
55.

What is represented by letter A?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Rarefaction

d)

Compression

e)

Wavelength

56.

What is part C?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Rarefaction

d)

Compression

e)

Wavelength

57.

If Amplitude is held constant, what factor determines the energy of a wave?

a)

Frequency

b)

Current

c)

There is no energy, its a wave

d)

Refraction

58.

If wave speed and frequency are held constant, what factor determines the Energy of a wave?

a)

Wave Speed

b)

Frequency

c)

Wave Length

d)

Amplitude

e)

Compression

59.

This is the material that a mechanical wave travels through.

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Medium

d)

Large

e)

Rarefaction

60.

This is an example of__________________.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Absorption

61.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
62.
What medium does sound travel through slowest?
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
trees
63.
What medium does sound travel through slowest?
a)
gas
b)
solid
c)
liquid
d)
trees
64.

Which object does sound NOT travel through the fastest?

a)

A chair

b)

A table

c)

A football

d)

milk

65.

Tightly packed molecules describes a

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

66.

Molecules that take the shape of a container describes a

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

67.

Molecules that are loosely floating around at far distances describes a

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

68.

Travels the fastest through air

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

69.

This is a longitudinal wave

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

70.

This wave is caused by the vibration of particles

a)

Light

b)

Sound

c)

Both

71.

If lightning strikes you see it before you hear the thunder because...

a)

Sound travels faster than light

b)

Light travels faster than sound

72.

_____ moves slower in a denser medium

a)

sound

b)

light

c)

both

73.

_____ moves faster in a denser medium

a)

sound

b)

light

c)

both

74.

Sound waves travel the fastest in__________.

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Gases

d)

a vacuum

75.

Why do sound waves travel slowly through a gas?

a)

Molecules are close together

b)

There are no molecules to interfere with travel

c)

Molecules are more spread out

d)

gas particles move slower than other states of matter

76.

Low temperature makes sound waves travel_________.

a)

Faster

b)

Slower

c)

Temperature has no impact

77.

Light travels the slowest through_______.

a)

Solids

b)

Liquids

c)

Gas

d)

Time

78.

More particle collisions (kinetic energy) means a higher temperature.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

What type of wave is a light wave? (select two)

a)

Mechanical

b)

Electromagnetic

c)

Transverse

d)

Longitudinal

80.

What type of wave is a sound wave? (select two)

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Mechanical

c)

Transverse

d)

Longitudinal

81.

What would happen to the speed of a light wave as it travels from oil to diamond?

a)

Speeds up

b)

Slows down

c)

nothing

82.
The following is an example of which type of interference? 
a)
constructive 
b)
destructive 
83.
The following is an example of which type of interference? 
a)
constructive 
b)
destructive 
84.

When a wave bends or spreads past a barrier or opening, this is referred to as

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Radiation

d)

Diffraction

85.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

86.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

87.

How many waves are represented here?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

0

d)

1

88.

Waves with high frequencies must have ________________.

a)

short wavelengths

b)

long wavelengths

c)

large amplitudes

d)

small amplitudes

89.

Which wave has a shorter wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

90.

Which wave has a higher frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

91.

Which wave has a lower frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

92.

True or False: Waves A and B have the same amplitude.

a)

True

b)

False

93.

Which wave has a more amplitude?

a)

A

b)

B

94.

Which wave has a less amplitude?

a)

A

b)

B

95.

Which wave represents a quieter sound?

a)

A

b)

B

96.

Which wave represents a louder sound?

a)

A

b)

B

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