WorksheetsPS M9 Test Review Introduction to Waves
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 27mins
a repeating disturbance or movement that transfers energy through matter or space
(a)
anything that has mass and takes up space
(a)
Diffraction occurs when waves (a) around the edge of a barrier.
When light slows down as it passes from air to water it bends toward the (a) .
Waves are rhythmic disturbances that carry energy through matter or space without transferring (a) .
The angle between an incident ray and the normal is called the (a) .
A (a) is due to the interference of two traveling waves moving in opposite directions.
Refraction and (a) both involve the bending of waves.
A line perpendicular to a reflection surface is called the (a) .
In a compressional wave, the area where the particles are furthest apart is a (a) .
Repeating disturbances that transfer energy through matter or space are (a) .
Constructive interference occurs when waves meet ___.
crest-to-crest and trough-to-trough
crest-to-trough and crest-to-trough
trough-to-crest and trough-to-crest
crest-to-crest
In which one of the following cases will refraction occur?
light traveling from air to glass
light reflecting off a mirror
light bending around the corner of a door
green light interfering with blue light
When light bounces off a surface it is called ___.
reflection
refraction
diffraction
interference
A place where molecules are far apart is a ___.
refraction
reflection
rarefaction
compression
If wavelength is kept constant, which increases as the speed of a wave increases?
period
frequency
amplitude
phase
A tuning fork starts to vibrate when a certain note is played on the piano. This is an example of ___.
resonance
reflection
refraction
diffraction
When the crest of one wave passes through the trough of another wave, ___ takes place.
resonance
diffraction
constructive interference
destructive interference
When light is reflected from a surface, as the angle of incidence increases, the angle of reflection ___.
increases
decreases
remains the same
cannot be determined
For a given wave, if the frequency doubles, the wavelength ___.
doubles
stays the same
is halved
quadruples
You are creating a wave on a spring. If you start shaking the spring more slowly, the wavelength of the resulting wave will ___.
increase
decrease
remain the same
depend on the amplitude
Seismic waves are ___ waves.
transverse
compressional
uniform
both compressional and transverse
Waves in which the particles of the medium move only in the same direction as the motion of the wave are ___ waves.
transverse
comprssional
water
seismic
When you squeeze together the coils of a spring and then release them, you are creating a ___ wave.
trasnverse
compressional
water
seismic
the matter that waves travel through
(a)
waves that travel only through matter
(a)
wave in which matter in the medium moves back and forth at right angles to the direction that the wave travels
(a)
wave in which matter in the medium moves back and forth along the same direction that the wave travels
(a)
a back and forth movement
(a)
the high point of a transverse wave
(a)
the low point of a transverse wave
(a)
the more dense region of a longitudinal wave
(a)
the less dense region of a longitudinal wave
(a)
the distance between one point on a wave and the nearest point just like it
(a)
the number of wavelengths that pass a fixed point each second
(a)
the amount of time it takes one wavelength to pass a point
(a)
a measure of the size of the disturbance from a wave
(a)
a line that forms a 90-degree angle with another line
(a)
the bending of a wave caused by a change in its speed as it moves from one medium to another
(a)
the bending of a wave around an object
(a)
the process of two or more waves overlapping and combining to form a new wave
(a)
a pattern that forms when waves of equal wavelength and amplitude, but moving in opposite directions, interfere with each other continuously
(a)
location where interfering standing waves cancel
(a)
the process by which an object is made to vibrate by absorbing energy at its natural frequencies
(a)
A wave will travel only as long as it has ___ to carry.
energy
mass
amplitude
matter
