WorksheetsWaves Properties
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What part of the wave is located at "A"
Fishing Line
Line of rest (resting point)
Crest
Trough
What part of the wave is located at "E"?
Wavelength
Crest
Line of rest (resting point)
Amplitude
What part of the wave is located at "D"?
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
Amplitude
What part of the wave is at "C"?
Wavelength
Crest
Trough
Ampitude
What is the part of the wave at "F"?
Wavelength
Trough
Line of rest (resting point)
Crest
What kind of wave is the wave in this picture?
Longitudinal
Compressional
Standing
Transverse
What is the medium of the pictured wave?
Grass
Rope
Air
Water
Which of these two waves has the most energy?
Wave A
Wave B
Which of these waves has the most energy?
Wave A
Wave B
Wave C
How are these three waves different?
They have different wavelengths
They have different amplitudes
They have different mediums
They have different frequencies
What characteristic of these two waves is different?
The line of rest
Wave A
Wave B
The amplitude
Sound requires a medium to travel. Through which of the following would sound travel the fastest?
Liquids
Solids
Plasma
Gas
The number of waves that pass per second is the _____________.
Amplitude
Crest
Frequency
I have no clue
The material through which a mechanical wave travels is the __________.
State of matter
Stuff
Medium
In Between
What is the measurement for the amplitude of this wave?
4
7
3
2
What is the ending unit for frequency?
MG (Milligram)
MPH (Miles per Hour)
HZ (Hertz)
Amp (Amplitude)
What type of wave does not need a medium to travel?
Electromagnetic
Transverse
Compressional
Mechanical
Which of these waves can be be compressional or transverse?
Electromagnetic
Transverse
Compressional
Mechanical
This measurement is directly related to the energy of the wave.
Amplitude
Node
Vacuum
Resting Point
The maximum distance a wave vibrates from its rest position
Amplitude
Wavelength
Hertz
Frequency
A wave in which the vibration of the medium is parallel (back and forth) to the direction that the wave energy travels is a
Transverse
Longitudinal/Compressional
A wave that moves the medium in a perpendicular (up and down) direction in relation to the direction that the wave energy travels is a
Transverse
Longitudinal/Compressional
Rhythmic disturbances or vibrations that TRANSFERS ENERGY, NOT MATTER
Your Dance Moves
Electricity
Waves
Medium
What is the measure pictured?
Rarefaction
Compression
Wavelength
Amplitude
The part of this wave marked "A" is the ___________
Ampitude
Wavelength
Rarefaction
Compression
What is the part of this wave marked "B"?
Rarefaction
Compression
Frequency
Transverse Wave
