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Waves Revision Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Waves transfer (a)  _____________

a)

matter

b)

molecules

c)

energy

d)

atoms

2.

Which waves require a medium (matter) to travel?

a)

X-ray

b)

microwave

c)

sound

d)

water

3.

Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

What property of a wave is represented by letter B? (a)  

a)

Wavelength

b)

Amplitude

c)

Speed

d)

Frequency

5.

Which of the following can act as media for a wave? (a)  

a)

solid only

b)

Liquid only

c)

Gases only

d)

Solids, liquids, and gases

6.

What do all waves transfer?

(a)  

7.

In the Balloon and nut hummer investigation, what changed as you swirled the balloon faster?

a)

The pitch changed.

b)

There were more vibrations.

c)

Nothing changed.

d)

The nut spun faster.

8.

What are ALL the Science Light Primary Colours?

a)

Red

b)

Yellow

c)

Green

d)

White

e)

Blue

9.

Shorter wave lengths can carry more energy. Which of these probably carries the MOST energy:

a)

Infrared light

b)

Visible light

c)

X-rays

d)

UV light

10.

What is another name for wave height?

a)

Frequency

b)

Wavelength

c)

Origin

d)

Amplitude

11.
Which of these are examples of NATURAL sources of light?
a)
Sun 
b)
Stars
c)
Lightning
d)
ALL of them
12.

Energy can be __________ from one object to another. (2 answers)

a)

Transported

b)

Teleported

c)

Transformed

d)

Translated

13.

#1 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

14.

The number of waves that pass somewhere in a second is:

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

15.

If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

16.

Which type of waves have the longest wavelength?

a)

Visible light

b)

Radio waves

c)

X-rays

d)

Gamma-Rays

17.
Allows little to no light through.
a)
Transparent
b)
Translucent
c)
Opal
d)
Opaque
18.

The law for reflection is...

a)

angle of incidence = angle of reflection

b)

incident ray = reflected ray

c)

light rays bounces back the same way

d)

light rays reflect at the same angle from the mirror

19.

What property does the orange arrow (A) represent?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

wavelength

20.

What does #2 represent?

a)

Period

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

21.

Wavelengths are usually measured in ....

a)

seconds

b)

Hz

c)

inches

d)

meters

22.

What is the number of complete waves passing a fixed point in a given amount of time?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Intensity

c)

Wavelength

d)

Frequency

23.

The pitch of a sound is most closely related to the

a)

frequency  of the sound waves

b)

distance from the sound source

c)

medium through which the sound travels

d)

intensity of the sound

24.

How loud or soft a sound is, is related to the _____________ of the wave

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wave length

d)

rest position

25.

Waves that have vibrations that move perpendicular to the direction the wave are called:

a)

Electromagnetic Spectrum

b)

Transverse Waves

c)

Medium

d)

Light Waves

26.

Sound waves are...

a)

cool

b)

not cool

c)

transverse waves

d)

longitudinal waves

27.

Waves that require a medium are called 

a)

mechanical waves

b)

transverse waves

c)

light waves

d)

gamma rays

28.

Which type of wave is pictured here?

a)

Transverse

b)

Electromagnetic

c)

Light 

d)

Longitudinal

29.

If someone is standing to the left of this wave, they would hear a ______ pitch than someone standing to the right of it.

a)

uglier

b)

prettier

c)

higher

d)

lower

30.

If you are standing in front of this car, the wavelengths nearest you would have a _______ frequency

a)

quieter

b)

louder

c)

higher

d)

lower

31.

Which BEST describes this sound?

a)

Starts low pitch and quiet and gets higher pitch and loud

b)

Starts high pitch and quiet and get lower pitch and loud

c)

Starts low pitch and loud and gets higher pitch and quiet

d)

Starts low pitch and quiet and gets higher pitch

32.

Sound is made when a source of energy forces the matter to _________.

a)

shake

b)

vibrate

c)

move

d)

stay still

33.

A back-and-forth motion causing particles to move close together generates a _______.

a)

rarefaction

b)

surface wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

compression

34.

A rarefaction is generated when particles move ______.

a)

together

b)

closer

c)

under

d)

apart

35.

Sound waves cannot travel through which of these ____.

a)

paper

b)

milk

c)

outer space

d)

hydrogen

36.

In which of these types of media will sound travel faster?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

vacuum

37.

The elasticity of a substance describes how fast or slow its particle bounce back-and-forth as ______ move through the object.

a)

vibrations

b)

chemicals

c)

electrons

d)

surface waves

38.

Which physical property of a medium is defined by how close the particles of the substance are to each other?

a)

elasticity

b)

temperature

c)

density

d)

amplitude

39.

The amount of energy a sound wave carries per sound through a unit of area is its ____.

a)

pitch

b)

amplitude/intensity

c)

loudness

d)

frequency

40.

Frequency of waves is measure in _____.

a)

Hertz

b)

Decibels

c)

Watts

d)

Meters/second