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Unit 1: Waves - Lesson 1 - Part 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
2.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
3.
What part is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Crest
b)
Resting Point
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
4.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
5.
What is represented by the letter 'x'?
a)
Crest
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Wavelength
6.
What is represented by the  letter 'y'?
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
7.
Distance from an 'x' to an 'x' is a________
a)
wavelength
b)
amplitude
c)
rarefaction
d)
compression
8.
Which wave has a higher frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
9.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
10.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
11.
Which type of wave does light travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
12.
Which type of wave does sound travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
13.

A wave is a repeating disturbance or _______________________ that transfers or moves energy from place to place

a)

Vibration

b)

Medium

c)

Amplitude

d)

Frequency

14.

There are many different kinds of waves, but the one thing waves all have in common is they transmit ________ and not matter.

a)

energy

b)

disturbances

c)

motion

d)

medium

15.

Waves can travel through materials called mediums. Which of the following are mediums?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

Solid, Liquid, or Gas

e)

Just solid and liquid

16.

Which type of wave vibrates up and down perpendicular to the motion the energy travels.

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal/Compressional

17.

Which type of wave vibrates back and forth parallel to the motion the energy travels.

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal/Compressional

18.
A wave carries...?
a)
energy only
b)
matter only
c)
the matter carries the energy
d)
neither
19.
Sound is caused by? 
a)
force
b)
vibrations
c)
instruments
d)
medium
20.

What does a wave carry from place to place?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

people

21.

Which is the highest point on a wave?

a)

medium

b)

trough

c)

crest

d)

wavelength

22.

The lowest point of a transverse wave is called what?

a)

rarefaction

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

compression

23.
Which points on the wave are the crest? 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
24.
Which points on the wave are the trough? 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
25.

Which letter represents the trough of a wave?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

26.

Which letter represents the crest of a wave?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

27.

Which letter represents the rest position of a wave?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

28.
What type of wave is pictured here? 
a)
longitudinal wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
light wave
d)
seismic wave
29.
What type of wave is pictured here?
a)
light wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
seismic wave
d)
longitudinal wave
30.
What type of wave is pictured here?
a)
sound wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
longitudinal wave
d)
seismic wave

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