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WorksheetsUnit 5: Waves
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 47mins
What kind of wave is pictured?
transverse
longitudinal
What is letter B pointing to?
(a)
What is the letter A pointing to?
(a)
What is the letter C pointing to?
(a)
What is amplitude a measure of?
(a)
How would you measure the amplitude of this kind of wave?
(a)
What kind of wave is pictured?
transverse
longitudinal
What is letter A pointing to?
(a)
What is letter B pointing to?
(a)
What is letter C pointing to?
(a)
How would the amplitude be measured in this type of wave?
(a)
A wave with a frequency of 60.0 Hz travels through rubber with a wavelength of 0.90 M. What is the speed of this wave?
(a)
The lowest pitch that the average human can hear has a frequency of 30.0 Hz. If sound with this frequency travels through air with a speed of 331 m/s, what is its wavelength?
(a)
Cicadas produce a buzzing sound that has a wavelength in air of 2.69 m. If the speed of sound in air is 346 m/s, what is the frequency of the sound produced by the cicada?
(a)
Cicadas produce a buzzing sound that has a wavelength in air of 2.69 m. If the speed of sound in air is 346 m/s, what is the period of the sound produced by the cicada?
(a)
Water waves in a small tank are 0.06 m long. They pass a given point at a rate of 14.8 waves every 3 seconds. What is the speed of the water waves in m/s?
(a)
Water waves in a small tank are 0.06 m long. They pass a given point at a rate of 14.8 waves every 3 seconds. What is the period of these water waves?
(a)
A certain FM radio stations broadcasts electromagnetic waves at a frequency of 9.05 x 10^7 Hz. These radio waves travel at a speed of 3.00 x 10^8 m/s. What is the wavelength of these radio waves?
(a)
What is the relationship between period and frequency?
(a)
What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency?
(a)
Why would a sound wave travel faster through a solid than a gas?
(a)
Why can a sound not travel in outer space (which is a vacuum) at all?
(a)
If a wave traveling through a medium has a frequency of 520 Hz and a wavelength of 6.92 m, what is its speed?
(a)
What is the wavelength of a 320 Hz sound traveling 330 m/s?
(a)
Which wave would travel the fastest in a vacuum, light or sound?
(a)
Would you expect sound to travel faster in a solid, liquid, or gas?
(a)
In which of these would sound travel faster, an oven or a freezer? Why?
(a)
Do loud sounds travel faster than soft sounds? Why or why not?
(a)
_____________ waves are used to penetrate solids and are used in doctor's offices.
X-Rays
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
____________ is the distance between one point of a wave to the same point in the next wave.
Wavelength
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Mechanical
_____________ is the number of waves per unit of time.
Frequency
Crest
Radio
Wavelength
Mechanical
_____________ waves occur when the motion of the medium is parallel to the wave's direction.
Longitudinal
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_____________ waves have a color spectrum known as ROYGBIV.
Visible Light
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_____________ waves disturb matter.
Mechanical
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
The _____________ is the top of a wave.
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
Mechanical
The _____________ is the bottom of a wave.
Trough
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_______________ is the maximum distance that matter is displaced from the resting position.
Amplitude
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_______________ waves are produced by stars and galaxies.
Ultraviolet
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_______________ waves occur when the motion of the medium is at right angles (perpendicular) to the direction of the wave.
Transverse
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_______________ waves are often used in heat lamps.
Infrared
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_______________ waves are utilized by insects to locate nectar and us to locate airplanes.
Radio
Crest
Frequency
Wavelength
Mechanical
_______________ waves are transverse waves that disturb electromagnetic fields.
Electromagnetic
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
_______________ waves have the shortest wavelength and the highest frequency.
Gamma
Crest
Radio
Frequency
Wavelength
Do electromagnetic waves need a medium to travel through?
(a)
What is the speed of light in a vacuum? What would happen to this speed as it enters a different medium?
(a)
Calculate the frequency of light if it has a wavelength of 5.30 x 10^9 m.
(a)
The waves used by a microwave oven to cook food have a frequency of 2.45 x 10^9 Hz. Calculate the wavelength of this type of wave.
(a)
The ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn are called UV-B rays, and have a wavelength of about 3.0 x 10^-7 m. What is the frequency of UV-B rays?
(a)
Infrared waves from the sun are what make our skin feel warm on a sunny day. If an infrared wave has a frequency of 3.0 x 10^12 Hz, what is its wavelength?
(a)
Which form of electromagnetic radiation has the greater frequency?
yellow light
blue light
What type of wave requires a medium?
Electromagnetic
Gamma
Mechanical
Radio
Based on the electromagnetic spectrum who's lightsaber has more energy? (think about the color of the lightsaber)
Luke Skywalker
Darth Vader
What would you call this?
Refraction
Diffraction
Bends
Reflection
What would you call this?
Bounce back
Reflection
Diffraction
Refraction
This image best depicts which of the following wave behaviors?
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Resonance
Definition: When one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational motion.
Reflection
Refraction
Diffraction
Resonance
The two blue and purple waves will undergo _________________ when they meet.
Constructive interference
Destructive interference
The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?
Resonance
Doppler Effect
Interference
Polarization
What happens when the crests of two waves overlap to form a larger wave?
diffraction interference
destructive interference
constructive interference
