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Waves

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following represents the wavelength?
a)
G
b)
H
c)
F
d)
J
2.
Which letter represents the amount of energy the wave has?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
3.
Which letter represents a rarefaction?
a)
A
b)
B
4.
What type of wave does NOT require a medium?
a)
mechanical
b)
electromagnetic
5.
Which of the following waves requires a medium to travel?
a)
light
b)
x rays
c)
UV rays
d)
sound
6.
What is the unit for frequency?
a)
Hz
b)
m
c)
J
d)
m/s
7.

Which diagram - A, B, C, or D - represents the appropriate hand movements and patterns for a longitudinal wave?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

A wave is present in a slinky.  A coil of the slinky makes 12 complete up and down cycles of vibration in 4 seconds.  The period of this wave is _____ and the frequency is _____.

a)

4 seconds;  3 Hz

b)

3 seconds;    

0.333 Hz

c)

4 seconds; 0.25 Hz

d)

0.333 seconds;    

3 Hz

9.

Definition: Crest

a)

The highest point of a transverse wave

b)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

c)

The center of a transverse wave

d)

The distance between two points on a wave

10.

What is the frequency of a wave?

a)

# of oscillations produced in a certain amount of time

b)

The distance the wave oscillates from it's resting position

c)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

d)

Resting point of a wave - no wave movement

11.

What is the amplitude of a wave?

a)

Where there is no wave movement

b)

The distance the wave oscillates from it's resting position

c)

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

d)

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

12.

What is a medium?

a)

The lowest point of a transverse wave

b)

The size of a wave

c)

The middle of a wave

d)

Matter through which a wave travels

13.

What type of matter can waves travel through?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

All of the Above

14.
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each second
a)
frequency
b)
wavelength
c)
pitch
d)
amplitude
15.
When the sound source moves, the frequency changes
ex. police car siren sounding lower pitch after the car passes
a)
pitch
b)
frequency
c)
Doppler Effect
d)
medium
16.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.

What type of interference is represented in this diagram?

a)

Constructive

b)

Destructive

18.

Wavelength and Frequency have a(n) ________________ relationship.

a)

Direct

b)

Inverse

c)

Exponential

d)

No relationship.

19.

What equation (tool) can you use to find the frequency of a wave?

a)

γ = v/f

b)

f = 1/p

c)

p = 1/f

d)

γ = γ*f

20.

The period of a wave is...

a)

the amount of time it takes to complete one full cycle of a wave.

b)

the amount of cycles a wave will complete in a given time.

c)

the length of a wave from crest to crest or trough to trough

d)

the amount of displacement a wave undergoes

21.
Frieda the fly flaps her wings back and forth 100 times each second.  The period of her wings flapping is:
a)
100 s
b)
0.01 s
c)
0.01 Hz
d)
100 Hz
22.

What is being transferred with a wave?

a)

medium

b)

energy

c)

matter

d)

Chicken

23.

Increasing the amplitude means you are increasing the _______________ of a wave.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

energy

d)

wavelength

24.

Longitudinal waves move:

a)

at a right angle compared to the direction the wave is traveling

b)

in a circle compared to the direction the wave is traveling

c)

matter

d)

in the same direction as the wave is traveling

25.

A wave with a large wavelength will have a ______ frequency and _____ energy

a)

high, low

b)

high, high

c)

low, high

d)

low, low

26.

What is the resting position?

a)

A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another

b)

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave

c)

The distance the wave oscillates from it's resting position

d)

Where there is no wave movement