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Science Waves! (Helpful Study for Benchmarks upcoming!)

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are echo's made?

a)

Sound waves bouncing off walls.

b)

Sound on the left of the wall

c)

Sound on the right of the wall

d)

none of the above.

2.

Lets say I have a string in my hand. If I make the string stop vibrating, what stops as well?

a)

The molecules around it

b)

The frequency

c)

The sound

d)

The wavelength

3.

A ______ wave is a special kind of wave that can be detected by the human _____.

a)

sound, nose

b)

transverse, ear

c)

transverse, nose

d)

sound, ear

4.

One important characteristic of sound waves is that they are ____________ waves.

a)

sound

b)

transverse

c)

longitudinal

d)

mechanical

5.

The source of sound waves is something ________.

a)

moving

b)

shifting

c)

vibrating

d)

dragging

6.

In some areas of the wave, the molecules get ______ together. This is called ___________.

a)

bunched, rarefaction

b)

bunched, being squished

c)

bunched, compression

d)

bunched, tightening

7.

To determine the wavelength of a sound wave you measure from compression to _____________ or rarefaction to _____________.

a)

compression, rare FRACTION

b)

compression, faction

c)

compression, rare FACTION

d)

compression, rare

8.

The intensity of a sound wave (i) is _________ to the sound power (p) over the area (a): I= P/A

a)

area

b)

a place

c)

equal

d)

compression

9.

What are the arrows pointing to on a wave?

a)

rarefaction

b)

transverse

c)

compression

d)

molecules being squeezed together

10.

Which one has the highest POTENTIAL energy

a)

A

b)

B

c)

F

d)

G

11.

Which one has the highest KINETIC energy

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

12.

Which one has the highest potential energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

F

d)

G

13.

Energy is the ability to (a)   .

14.

If a shirt absorbed all the colors of ROYBIV, but reflect G, (green) what color is the shirt?

a)

Rainbow

b)

Yellow and Blue

c)

White

d)

Green

15.

Why is it not a good idea to wear black outside on a hot day?

a)

The Black shirt will reflect all waves.

b)

The Black shirt will absorb all the waves, and it will become very hot because the color black attracts light.

c)

Black shirt will refract the waves.

d)

It is a good idea to wear black outside on a hot day.

16.

What the highest point on a transverse wave?

a)

Peak

b)

Trough

c)

Crest

d)

Equilibrium

17.

What's the lowest point on a transverse wave?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Trough

c)

Equilibrium

d)

all of the above

18.

How do we measure sound?

a)

Decibles

b)

Hertz

c)

Speaker to hear the sound and hear the movements.

d)

none of the above

19.

True or False: Higher the frequency, higher the pitch

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: Lower the frequency, lower the pitch.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

We never learnt this question

21.

Which one has the highest kinetic energy?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

22.

When do we get out for winter break :)

(a)  

23.

TUNE IT BACK------What is Newton's First law?

a)

inertia

b)

f=m x a

c)

action/reaction

d)

diagonal friction

24.

What color shirt reflects light?

a)

Black

b)

Blue

c)

White

d)

Yellow