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Waves

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wave?

a)

Something from a Radio

b)

Something you can surf on.

c)

Disturbance in atmosphere.

d)

Wave of an ocean.

2.

What is Wavelength?

a)

The distance from trough to trough or crest to crest

b)

The distance of rest point to crest or trough

c)

The line or rest

d)

The start to end of a wave

3.

What is Amplitude?

a)

The distance from trough to trough or crest to crest

b)

Like altitude

c)

distance from rest position to crest or trough

d)

I have no clue

4.

What is the difference between amplitude and wavelength?

a)

Wavelength is length of crest to crest amplitude isn’t.

b)

Amplitude is length of crest to crest, wavelength isn’t.

5.

Where is the trough?

a)

Top of line

b)

Bottom of line

c)

Beginning

d)

End

6.

Where is the crest?

a)

Top of line

b)

Bottom of line

c)

Beginning

d)

End

7.

Where is the rest position

a)

Top of Line

b)

Bottom of line

c)

Middle

d)

End

8.

What is a medium?

a)

Something some waves need to travel through

b)

Size of wave

c)

type of size

d)

Matter with a bunch of atoms in it

9.

If a wave has a frequency of 4 Hz, and wavelength of 3 m, what is the time period?

a)

12 m/s

b)

1/4 s

c)

4/3 s

d)

4/3 m/s

10.

If a wave has a frequency of 14 Hz, and wavelength of 3 m, what is the speed?

a)

42 m/s

b)

52 m/s

c)

28 m/s

d)

14 m/s

11.

If a wave with 100 cm wavelength moves at 20 m/s, what is the frequency?

Pay attention to units!

a)

5 Hz

b)

20 Hz

c)

2000 Hz

d)

15\frac{1}{5} Hz