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WorksheetsU2.6 Checkpoint #2
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 34mins
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave is its
trough
frequency
wavelength
amplitude
The less energy a wave has, the smaller its
crest
frequency
wavelength
amplitude
How often a wave occurs is the wave’s
crest
frequency
wavelength
amplitude
Frequency is measured in units called
periods
nanoseconds
hertz
eras
All waves have wavelength, frequency, amplitude, and speed.
true
false
The (a) of a wave remains constant if the medium, temperature, and pressure do not change.
The height of a wave’s wavelength depends on its amplitude.
true
false
The amplitude of a(n) transverse wave is a measure of how compressed or rarefied the medium becomes.
true
false
Dividing the distance a wave travels by the time it takes to travel that distance gives you the wave’s speed.
true
false
Wavelength measured from crest to crest.
Amplitude measured from rest position to crest or trough.
Medium vibrates perpendicular to the direction of motion.
Wavelength measured from beginning of one compression to the beginning of the next compression.
Amplitude depends on the density of compressions.
Medium vibrates parallel to the direction of motion.
The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave (crest to crest or trough to trough) is the wave's
amplitude
wavelength
frequency
speed
The speed of a wave is its wavelength multiplied by its
amplitude
vibration
frequency
reflection
The maximum distance that the particles of a medium move from the rest position is the
amplitude of the wave
frequency of the wave
wavelength of the wave
speed of the wave
The more (a) a wave has, the greater the amplitude.
As the frequency of a wave traveling at a constant speed increases, its wavelength (a)
As the frequency of a wave traveling at a constant speed increases, its (a) decreases.
Label the indicated parts of the wave. Not all terms will be used.
Rarefaction
Compression
Crest
Amplitude
Trough
Wavelength
Drag and drop the labels to the correct position. Not all labels will be used.
Rarefaction
Compression
Wavelength
Crest
Trough
Point (a) represents the crest.
Point (a) represents the trough.
The wavelength is represented by letter (a)
The amplitude is represented by letter (a)
Reorder the following in order from high frequency to low frequency.
Reorder the following in order from shortest wavelength to longest wavelength.
What is the amplitude of the wave?
0.5 cm
1 cm
2.5 cm
9.5 cm
What is one wavelength?
0.5 cm
1 cm
2.5 cm
9.5 cm
As the frequency of waves increases, what happens to the wavelength?
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
A short wavelength is equal to
a low frequency
slow wave speed.
a high frequency
I do not know and do not wish to answer.
When you measure the amplitude, you are measuring distance from crest to resting point of the medium. What is this showing?
Energy of the wave. Higher the amplitude, the greater the energy
Energy of the wave. The lower the amplitude, the greater the energy
The frequency
In order to calculate speed of a wave that is traveling, you multiply...
wavelength x frequency
frequency x amplitude
amplitude x wavelength
How many waves go past a point in one second. Measured in hertz (Hz).
Frequency
Speed
Amplitude
Wavelength
How far the medium (crests and troughs, or compressions and rarefactions) moves from rest position.
Amplitude
Frequency
Wavelength
Speed
Speed of a wave changes when it travels in different mediums (example- light wave traveling through air and then water).
True
False
Which wave has more energy? Why?
Top wave because the amplitude is smaller
Bottom wave because the amplitude is larger
They are the same because the wavelengths are equal
Which wave train (sequence) contains a wave with a greater wavelength?
Top wave
Bottom wave
They are the same
