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Waves Test Review

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amplitude is represented by which letter?

a)

W

b)

Z

c)

X

d)

W and Y

2.

What is the frequency of this wave?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

1

d)

None of them9

3.

Wavelength is represented by which letter?

a)

W

b)

Z

c)

X

d)

Y

4.

What is different between these two waves?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Nothing is different between them.

5.

As energy in a wave INCREASES, the FREQUENCY ___________.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Does not change

d)

Inconsistent

6.

As energy in a wave INCREASES, the WAVELENGTH ___________.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Does not change

d)

Inconsistent

7.

Infrared rays have a shorter wavelength than

a)

Ultraviolet ray

b)

X-rays

c)

gamma rays

d)

radio waves

8.

The waves with the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum

a)

Infrared rays

b)

gamma rays

c)

radio waves

d)

X-rays

9.

The visible light spectrum ranges between

a)

radio waves and X-rays

b)

infrared rays and ultraviolet rays

c)

television waves and infrared rays

d)

ultraviolet rays and gamma rays

10.

What happens to frequency when the energy increases?

a)

it increases

b)

it stays the same

c)

it decreases

11.

a form of electromagnetic radiation that doesn't require a medium to pass through

a)

sound wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

light wave

d)

compressional wave

12.

Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from low to high energy

a)

Radio wave, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma

b)

Visible, Microwave, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma, Radio wave

c)

Gamma, X-ray, Ultraviolet, Visible, Infrared, Microwave, Radio wave

d)

Microwave, Radio wave, Visible, Infrared, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma

13.

Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the LOWEST frequency/energy

a)

Gamma Rays

b)

Visible Light

c)

Ultraviolet

d)

Infrared rays

14.

Which section of the spectrum is the ONLY one we can see?

a)

X-rays

b)

Gamma Rays

c)

Visible Light

d)

Ultraviolet Rays

15.

What is transferred by all waves?

a)

Particles

b)

Mass

c)

Matter

d)

Energy

16.

What part of the wave is a compression? 

a)

A

b)

B

17.

What part of the wave is a rarefaction? 

a)

A

b)

B

18.

A longitudinal wave carries energy __________ to the direction the medium is moving. 

a)

at a 90 degree angle 

b)

perpendicular

c)

parallel

d)

at a 45 degree angle

19.

Transverse waves carry energy _______ to the direction the medium is moving. 

a)

perpendicular at 90 degree angles

b)

opposite

c)

parallel

d)

at a 45 degree angle

20.
a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Fracture

d)

Water Bending

21.

Refraction is the bending of light as it

a)

goes from one medium to another

b)

experiences a change in speed

c)

scatters off a surface

d)

bends around corners

22.

What is the line perpendicular to the surface of a material?

a)

incident ray

b)

reflected ray

c)

refracted ray

d)

normal

23.

Which lens is a converging lens?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

neither of them

d)

both of them

24.
Law of reflection state that - The angle of incidence is .................. to the angle of reflection.
a)
equal
b)
double
c)
half
25.

The angle of reflection is

a)

90 degrees

b)

55 degrees

c)

45 degrees

d)

135 degrees

26.

When light bounces off of an object into a different direction

a)

absorbtion

b)

refraction

c)

reflection

d)

diffraction

27.

What colors are being absorbed?

a)

red, orange, yellow

b)

green, blue, indigo, violet

28.
........... – the angle between the normal and the incident ray.
a)
Angle of incidence
b)
Angle of reflection
c)
Angle of coincidence
d)
Angle of direction
29.

In the diagram, which letter represents the angle of incidence?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

It is the change in wave frequency caused by a moving wave source.

a)

Pitch

b)

Intensity

c)

Timbre

d)

Doppler effect

31.

the combination of two or more waves that results in a single wave

a)

diffraction

b)

echo

c)

resonance

d)

interference

32.

when two objects naturally vibrate at the same frequency (ex. the sound produced by one object causes the other object to vibrate)

a)

diffraction

b)

interference

c)

resonance

d)

rarefaction

33.

What type of wave behavior is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

destructive interference

b)

diffraction

c)

resonance

d)

constructive interference

34.

The image of the two waves depicts

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

c)

Refraction

d)

Diffraction

35.

In the diagram which letters represent the nodes

a)

A B C

b)

A C E

c)

B D

d)

B D E

e)

A C D

36.
A microwave oven emits radiation at a wavelength of 0.005 m. What is the frequency of this radiation?
a)
6.67 x 10-7 Hz
b)
2.00 Hz
c)
1.50 x 106 Hz
d)
6.00 x 1010 Hz
37.

Mr. H catches the news on 780 AM, which broadcasts at 780,000 Hz. Determine the wavelength of these radio waves.

a)

3.85 x 105 m

b)

385 m

c)

3.85 x 104 m

d)

3.85 x 106 m

38.
You can't hear sounds in outer space because there is no
a)
matter
b)
light
c)
energy
d)
heat
39.
Velocity= 320 m/s
Wavelength= 80 m
Frequency= ___________
a)
4 hertz
b)
.25 hertz
c)
400 hertz
40.

The louder the sound, the higher the ____________ of the wave.

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

pitch

d)

compression

41.

Light travels fastest through

a)

liquids

b)

gasses

c)

solids

d)

empty space

42.

mechanical waves travel fasted through

a)

liquids

b)

gasses

c)

solids

d)

empty space

43.
This image is representing what wave interaction?
a)
Refraction
b)
Diffraction
c)
Reflection
d)
Interference
44.
When a wave moves around a barrier or though an opening it is known as what?
a)
Diffraction
b)
Refraction
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Destruction
45.

The represents the amount of energy a wave is carrying

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

46.

This is how you measure energy in a transverse wave

a)

wavelength

b)

height/amplitude

c)

compression

d)

frequency

47.

This is how you measure amplitude in a longitudinal wave

a)

height

b)

rarefaction

c)

compression

d)

wavelength

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