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Waves and Sound Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a wave?

a)

The valley or lowest point between two crests.

b)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

c)

The distance between two crests.

d)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

2.

What is wavelength?

a)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

b)

The distance between two identical points on a wave.

c)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

d)

The valley or lowest point between two crests.

3.

What is a crest?

a)

The distance between two crests.

b)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

c)

The valley or lowest point between two crests.

d)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

4.

What is rest in a wave?

a)

The valley or lowest point between two crests.

b)

The position of a wave when there are no vibrations.

c)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

d)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

5.

What is amplitude?

a)

The distance between two crests.

b)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

c)

The distance a wave travels from rest (think height)

d)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

6.

What is frequency in a wave?

a)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

b)

The speed of the wave. Measured in Hertz.

c)

The distance between two crests.

d)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

7.

What is a trough in a wave?

a)

The peak or highest point on a wave.

b)

The distance between two crests.

c)

The lowest point of a wave.

d)

A disturbance that moves through particles.

8.

What do we call the highness or lowness of sound?

a)

Pitch

b)

Amplitude

c)

Volume

d)

Frequency

9.

Volume is measured in decibles and means how ___________ or __________ a sound is.

a)

highness or lowness

b)

loud or soft

c)

fast or slow

d)

long or short

10.

What is a medium?

a)

How sound travels

b)

Why sound travels

c)

Where sound travels to

d)

What sound travels through