WorksheetsM3L1 Wave Properties
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins
The perception of how high or low a sound seems is called ______________.
ultrasound
amplitude
pitch
crest
Frequencies above this 20,000 Hz are called _______________.
ultrasound
amplitude
pitch
crest
The _________________of a wave is the number of times the pattern repeats in a given time
pitch
amplitude
frequency
wavelength
The distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave is the ___________________.
pitch
amplitude
frequency
wavelength
The scientific unit for measuring frequency is (a) .
Wavelength is measured in units of (a) , such as meters
____________ is the amount of sound energy that passes through a square meter of space in one second, also known as loudness.
Amplitude
Frequency
Wavelength
Intensity
The unit (a) describes the intensity and, in turn, the loudness of sound.
The____________ of a wave is the maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position
wavelength
frequency
amplitude
intensity
A wave produced by an earthquake is called ___________.
seismic
mechanical
longitudinal
electromagnetic
________ waves are a combination of transverse and longitudinal waves; they move in a circular path.
Seismic
Water
Sound
Electromagnetic
A __________wave is a longitudinal wave that can travel only through matter.
water
seismic
sound
electromagnetic
A __________ wave causes the particles in a medium to move parallel to the direction that the wave travels
mechanical
longitudinal
transverse
A ______________ wave is a wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels.
mechanical
longitudinal
transverse
A _____________wave is a wave that travels only through matter.
mechanical
longitudinal
transverse
electromagnetic
A material in which a wave travels is called a (a) .
The top of a wave is known as the (a) .
The bottom of a wave is called the (a) .
A (a) is a back-and-forth or an up-and-down movement of an object.
A _________is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.
crest
trough
vibration
wave
____________ refers to something that is side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
perpendicular
proportional
parallel
____________ refers to something that lies in a straight line, positioned at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.
perpendicular
proportional
parallel
The sections where the particles in the medium are closest together are_________.
compressions
crest
trough
rarefactions
The regions where the particles are farthest apart are_________.
compressions
crest
trough
rarefactions
An area void of matter is called a (a) .
A _____________wave is a wave that travels through both matter and through a vacuum.
mechanical
longitudinal
transverse
electromagnetic
