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PS Unit 10 Review

Total questions: 154

Worksheet time: 4hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
2.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
3.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast 
4.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
5.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
6.
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
a)
Longitudinal waves
b)
Transverse waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
P-waves
7.
What do waves carry from place to place?
a)
Energy, but not matter or particles
b)
Energy and matter or particles
c)
Matter or particles but not energy
d)
Neither energy nor matter or particles
8.
The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.
a)
Density
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Amplitude
9.
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
a)
Compressions and rarefactions
b)
Crests and troughs
c)
Compressions and crests
d)
Rarefactions and troughs
10.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
11.
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
12.
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
a)
Up and down
b)
Back and forth
c)
In zigzags
d)
Linear
13.
Light is an example of which type of wave?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
14.
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
15.
Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
16.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
17.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
Which of the following can sound travel through?
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
all of the above
19.
which material does sound travel the fastest?
a)
solid 
b)
liquid 
c)
gases
20.
High frequency waves have _________ wavelength.
a)
varying
b)
high
c)
the same
d)
low
21.
What is a medium?
a)
something between a small and a large?
b)
the substance through which a wave can travel
c)
a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
d)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
22.
A mechanical wave cannot travel through...
a)
a vacuum(empty space).
b)
water.
c)
air. 
d)
glass.
23.
Sound travels FASTEST through which of these materials?
a)
Air
b)
Empty space
c)
Metal
d)
Water
24.
Sound will travel slowest through which of the following forms of matter?
a)
milk
b)
desk
c)
air
d)
door
25.

Identify E

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Rest position

d)

Amplitude

26.

Identify A

a)

Crest

b)

Wavelength

c)

Aplitude

d)

Frequency

27.

Identify the amplitude of the wave

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

28.

What mediums can a Longitudinal wave pass through?

a)

Solid, Liquid, Gas

b)

a vacuum, Solids

c)

Sound

d)

Fluids

29.

What wave has particles that move perpendicularly to the direction of the wave?

a)

Transverse waves

b)

Longitudinal waves

c)

Sound waves

d)

Light waves

30.

How does the density of an object impact the speed of a sound wave?

a)

Sound travels the fastest in gas mediums

b)

The less dense the medium, the faster it travels

c)

The density of the medium does not affect the speed of sound

d)

The denser the medium, the faster it travels

31.

A sound wave travels at a speed of 352 m/s. What is its wavelength if it has a frequency of 880 Hz?

(a)  

32.

What is the speed of light in a vacuum if its frequency is 5.0 × 10^14 Hz and its wavelength is 600 nm?​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
3.0 × 10^8 m/s
8.3 × 10^8 m/s
1.2 × 10^8 m/s
33.

A guitar string vibrates at a frequency of 100 Hz. What is the wavelength of the sound wave if the speed of sound is 150 m/s?

(a)  

34.
What is the speed of a 20 Hz with a 4m wavelength?
a)
0.2 m/s
b)
5 m/s
c)
80 m/s
d)
320 m/s
35.
What is the frequency of a wave traveling at 300 m/s with a 4 m wavelength?
a)
0.013 Hz
b)
75 Hz
c)
300 Hz
d)
1200 Hz
36.
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
a)
34 m/s
b)
3400 Hz
c)
3400 m/s
d)
34 Hz
37.
 A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
38.
 A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
a)
25 m
b)
125 m
c)
5 m
d)
25 m/s
39.

A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?

a)

320.23 m/s

b)

1391.3 hz

c)

73.6 m/hz

d)

73.6 m/s

40.

Which equation can be used to calculate the speed of a wave?

a)

v = fλ

b)

f = v/λ

c)

λ = v/f

d)

v = λ/f

41.

What does the "v" represent in the equation v = fλ?

a)

Frequency of the wave

b)

Wavelength of the wave

c)

Velocity of the wave

d)

Amplitude of the wave

42.

If the wavelength of a wave is increased while its velocity remains constant, what happens to the wave's frequency?

a)

The frequency also remains constant.

b)

The frequency increases.

c)

The frequency decreases.

d)

There is no relation between frequency and wavelength.

43.

A wave with a frequency of 20 Hz has a wavelength of 4 meters. What is its speed?

a)

5 m/s

b)

16 m/s

c)

80 m/s

d)

240 m/s

44.

A wave with a wavelength of 0.5 meters is traveling through a medium with a velocity of 20 m/s. What is its frequency?

a)

0.025 Hz

b)

10 Hz

c)

20 Hz

d)

40 Hz

45.

What is the wavelength of a wave with a frequency of 100 Hz and a velocity of 340 m/s?

a)

0.34 m

b)

3.4 m

c)

34 m

d)

340 m

46.
a)

absorption

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

e)

transmission

47.
a)

absorption

b)

diffraction

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

e)

transmission

48.
What is a medium?
a)
something between a small and a large?
b)
the substance through which a wave can travel
c)
a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
d)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
49.

Refraction occurs when waves enter a new ​ (a)   and change ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
medium
speed
obstacle
air
solid
liquid
gas
50.
What type of wave behavior is pictured above?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
51.
What type of wave behavior is pictured above?
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Absorption
d)
Diffraction
52.

What is the definition reflection?

a)

The bending of waves as they enter a new medium

b)

Bouncing back of waves from a surface that it can’t pass through

c)

The bending of waves as they pass through openings or around corners

d)

When two interfering waves have a displacement in the same direction, two crests and two troughs overlap. Increased amplitude.

53.

This is the term that describes when light passes through matter.

a)

Transmission

b)

Transparent

c)

Translucent

d)

Opaque

54.

This image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

55.

The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Resonance

b)

Doppler Effect

c)

Interference

d)

Polarization

56.

The two blue and purple waves will undergo _________________ when they meet.

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

57.

The image of the two waves depicts

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

58.

Definition: the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Polarization

59.

Definition: The spreading out of waves as they pass through an opening or around objects.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

60.

Two waves that undergo constructive interference must be...

a)

In phase

b)

Out of phase

61.

Two waves that undergo destructive interference must be...

a)

In phase

b)

Out of phase

62.

Light waves and sound waves are similar in that...

a)

They are both longitudinal waves

b)

They are both transverse waves

c)

They both transmit energy

d)

They both can travel through space.

63.

Which of the pictured is responsible for our sky being blue?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

64.

Which of the pictured is responsible for black pavement being hot?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

65.

Which of the pictured is responsible for us being able to see objects?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

66.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

67.
Which wave behavior do noise cancelling headphones use?
a)
diffraction
b)
refraction
c)
constructive interference
d)
destructive interference
68.
Refraction causes waves to bounce back off of an object.
a)
True
b)
False
69.

Which of the following is the bending of a wave, as it changes its speed moving from one medium to another.

a)

Reflection

b)

Diffraction

c)

Refraction

d)

Frequency

70.

When a wave bends or spreads past a barrier or opening, this is referred to as

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Radiation

d)

Diffraction

71.
When waves meet, and form either a larger or smaller amplitude
a)
Radiation
b)
Interference
c)
Diffraction
d)
Microwaves
72.
The combination of two waves to form a larger amplitude is what type of interference?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Diffractive
d)
Refractive
73.
The picture best represents
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
c)
Diffraction
d)
Interference
74.
When the two waves in the picture (to the left) meet, they will go through
a)
Reflection
b)
Constructive Interference
c)
Destructive nNterference
d)
Refraction
75.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

76.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

77.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

78.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

79.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

80.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

81.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

d)

interference

82.

What is the angle of incidence if a reflected wave bounces off a mirror at an angel of 65 degrees?

a)

25 degrees

b)

65 degrees

c)

90 degrees

d)

115 degrees

83.

Reflection occurs when a wave

a)

bends due to a change in speed

b)

hits a surface and bounces back

c)

passes through an opening

d)

bends around a barrier

84.
a)

refraction

b)

diffraction

c)

angle of reflection

d)

angle of incidence

85.
a)

refraction

b)

diffraction

c)

angle of reflection

d)

angle of incidence

86.

Which diagram represents specular reflection?

a)

A

b)

B

87.
Law of reflection state that - The angle of incidence is .................. to the angle of reflection.
a)
equal
b)
double
c)
half
88.

Which diagram represents diffuse reflection?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

89.
How are we able to see the colour white?
a)
All colours except red are absorbed
b)
All colours are absorbed 
c)
All colours are reflected 
d)
All colours except red are reflected
90.

What is the saying that can help you remember the order of the visible spectrum?

a)

ROYGBIV

b)

RYOBIVG

c)

ROYBVIG

d)

RIBYOVG

91.
What color has the shortest wavelength, or the highest frequency?
a)
yellow
b)
blue
c)
red
d)
violet
92.
What color has the longest wavelength, or the lowest frequency?
a)
violet
b)
red
c)
green
d)
orange
93.
What does reflection mean?
a)
bending light
b)
bouncing light
94.
What does refraction mean?
a)
bending light
b)
bouncing light
95.
What is this a picture of?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
96.
We see black because____________________.
a)
All of the colors of the visible spectrum are being reflected.
b)
All colors of the visible spectrum are being absorbed.
97.

We see an apple as being red because ________________________________.

a)

All of the colors are absorbed except for the color red. Red is being reflected in to our eyes.

b)

All of the colors are being reflected except for the color red. Red is being absorbed.

98.
What form of energy travels faster?  Light or Sound?
a)
light
b)
sound
99.
What do you get if you combine all of the colors in visible light?
a)
bright light
b)
white light
c)
brilliant light
d)
neon light
100.

Which of the following types of electromagnetic radiation has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Infrared light

b)

Radio waves

c)

Visible light

d)

X-rays

e)

Gamma rays

101.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an electromagnetic wave?

a)

Microwaves

b)

Sound waves

c)

X-rays

d)

Visible light

e)

Radio waves

102.

Which of the following statements about light is TRUE?

a)

Light has properties of neither particles nor waves.

b)

Light can be described exclusively as a particle.

c)

Light can be described exclusively as a wave.

d)

Light exhibits properties of both particles and waves.

e)

There is always a 50/50 chance of light being measured as a wave or a particle.

103.

What is the term for the number of oscillations per unit time of any wave or repeating event?

a)

Frequency

b)

Spacing

c)

Wavelength

d)

Period

e)

Separation

104.

What is light composed of?

a)

air molecules

b)

charged particles

c)

oscillating electric fields

d)

oscillating magnetic fields

e)

electric and magnetic fields oscillating together

105.

Which EM waves have the longest wavelength?

a)

radio

b)

x-rays

c)

ultraviolet

d)

gamma rays

106.

Which EM waves have the shortest wavelength?

a)

radio

b)

x-rays

c)

ultraviolet

d)

gamma rays

107.

Which EM waves are have the lowest frequency?

a)

radio

b)

none

c)

infrared

d)

x-rays

108.

Which EM waves are have the highest energy & are the most dangerous?

a)

radio

b)

gamma rays

c)

infrared

d)

x-rays

109.

Which wave has the highest frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

None (same frequency)

110.

Which wave has the longest wavelength?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

None (same wavelength)

111.

how fast do electromagnetic waves travel through the vacuum of space?

a)

they don't

b)

250,000,000 m/s

c)

the speed of light

d)

100mph

112.

as the wavelength of a wave increases its frequency also increases

a)

true

b)

false

113.

Select all that are TRUE about Reflection & Refraction.

a)

Refraction is when light strikes & bounces off an object

b)

Reflection is when light strikes & bounces off an object

c)

Reflection is when light bends as it passes through a substance

d)

Refraction is when light bends as it passes through a substance

114.

Match the following terms of Light Properties.

a)
1.

Refraction

b)
2.

Reflection of all visible light

c)
3.

Absorption of all visible light

115.

How does light travels?

a)

In a straight line

b)

in a curved path

c)

in a zig-zag path

116.

Sound waves cannot travel through which of these?

a)

paper

b)

milk

c)

outer space

d)

hydrogen

117.

Match how sounds travels through various types of media.

a)

solid

1.

Sound travels the fastest

b)

liquid

2.

Sound travels at a medium speed

c)

gas

3.

Sounds travels the slowest

d)

vacuum

4.

Sound CANNOT travel though the vacuum of space.

118.

Which Electromagnetic waves help doctors detect a broken bone inside your body?

a)

UV light

b)

Gamma ray

c)

X ray

119.

A leaf is green because

a)

All colors are reflected except green

b)

The light is not part of the EM

c)

All colors are absorbed except green

d)

The sun light shining on the leaf is green

120.

Match these

a)

sound

1.

mechanical energy

b)

light

2.

radiant energy

c)

travels in waves

3.

both

121.
Question Image

Match these parts of a light wave

a)

Amplitude

1.

height of the wave

b)

wavelength

2.

distance from crest to crest or trough to trough

c)

crest

3.

top

d)

trough

4.

bottom

e)

frequency

5.

how often waves occur

122.

Order these colors from least energy to most energy

a)

red

b)

orange

c)

green

d)

blue

e)

violet

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
123.

Order these radiant energy forms from least energy to most energy

a)

radio

b)

microwave

c)

infrared

d)

visible

1)
2)
3)
4)
124.

match these types of energy with how they can be used

a)

Infrared

1.

"seeing" the heat of a person or animal in the dark

b)

Radio

2.

music, communication

c)

Microwaves

3.

cooking

d)

Ultraviolet (UV)

4.

growing plants, tanning, cleaning

e)

X-Rays

5.

"seeing" inside the body (bones)

125.
The following is a picture of what type of mirror? 
a)
Convex (diverging) mirror
b)
Concave (converging) mirror
c)
Plane Mirror
d)
Flat Mirror
126.
The following is a picture of what type of mirror? 
a)
Convex (diverging) Mirror
b)
Concave (converging) Mirror
c)
Plane Mirror
d)
Flat Mirror
127.
This is an example of a __________ mirror.
a)
Concave
b)
Convex
c)
Plane
d)
Magnifying
128.
Convex mirrors cause light to spread out.
a)
True
b)
False
129.
A mirror with a flat surface is a plane mirror.
a)
true
b)
false
130.

If the angle of incidence between the incident ray and the normal line is 25 degrees, what is the angle of reflection?

a)

65 degrees

b)

45 degrees

c)

35 degrees

d)

25 degrees

131.

Which lens is used to magnify objects and refract light? This type of lens is curved outward.

a)

concave lens

b)

convex lens

c)

parabolic lens

d)

plane lens

132.

Which describes a concave lens?

a)

more transparent in the middle

b)

thinner in the middle than on the edges

c)

thinner on the edges than in the middle

d)

triangular in shape

133.
___ is when light travels through a material and bends.
a)
Diffraction
b)
Dispersion
c)
Mirage
d)
Refraction
134.
Which describes a convex lens?
a)
triangular in shape
b)
more transparent in the middle
c)
thicker on the edges than in the middle
d)
thicker in the middle than on the edges
135.

When light waves move from passing through air to passing through a glass lens when happens to them?

a)

They slow down and change direction

b)

They speed up and change direction

c)

They maintain the same speed and change direction

d)

They maintain their same speed and direction

136.
What does the word "diverging" mean?
a)
to spread apart
b)
to come together
c)
parallel
d)
perpendicular
137.
What does the word "converging" mean?
a)
to separate
b)
to come together
c)
parallel 
d)
perpendicular
138.

What type of lens do you have in your eye?

a)

Concave

b)

Prismatic

c)

Objective

d)

Convex

139.
How can you describe the image formed by a plane mirror?
a)
inverted and reversed
b)
inverted and not reversed
c)
upright and reversed
d)
upright and not reversed
140.

Rays of light from a point object, after refraction through the lens actually meet to form an image.

a)

real image

b)

virtual image

c)

actual image

d)

erect image

141.
When an object is placed on the focal point in front of a convex lens, the image produced is ___.
a)
real, reduced, and inverted
b)
real, enlarged, and inverted
c)
real, true, and inverted
d)
There is no image
142.

When an object is placed between the focal point and the optical centre of the convex lens, the image produced is ___.

a)

real, diminished, and inverted

b)

real, enlarged, and inverted

c)

virtual, enlarged, and erect

d)

virtual, diminished and erect

143.

The point where the rays meet is known as....

a)

first focal point

b)

second focal point

c)

focal plane

d)

real image

144.

This image is.....

a)

inverted and smaller

b)

inverted and larger

c)

not inverted and smaller

d)

not inverted and larger

145.

A real image...

a)

is produced by virtual rays and can be projected on a screen

b)

is produced by real rays and cannot be projected on a screen

c)

is produced by virtual images and cannot be projected on a screen

d)

is produced by real rays and can be projected on a screen

146.
What type of image is formed when rays of light actually intersect?
a)
real
b)
virtual
c)
projected
d)
curved
147.

The above lens is a type of ___.

a)

diverging lens

b)

converging lens

c)

divergent lens

d)

convergent lens

148.

Which lens represents the path light takes through a diverging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
149.

Which figure represents the path light takes through a converging lens?

a)
b)
c)
d)
150.

What type of lens is used in the shown instrument?

a)

concave lens

b)

convex lens

c)

reflection lens

d)

reduction lens

151.

The image formed of an object at the center of curvature of concave mirror. The object is placed at?

a)

Focal length

b)

Twice of focal length

c)

Between pole and focus

d)

Beyond center of curvature

152.

1. Focal length of a concave mirror is:

a)

negative

b)

positive

c)

depends on the position of object

d)

depends on the position of image

153.
Convex Mirrors produce...
a)
only virtual images
b)
virtual or real images
c)
only real images
d)
inverted images
154.
An object is placed at a distance of 27.0 cm away from a thin convex lens with a focal length of 9.00 cm.  How far from the lens is the image located and what type of image is formed? 
a)
13.5 cm and real
b)
3.00 cm and real
c)
0.33 cm and virtual
d)
0.15 cm and virtual

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