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Waves in Action

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The highest point of the wave is called the ____________.

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

2.

The lowest point of the wave is called the ______________.

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

3.

The distance from one crest or trough to the next crest or trough is called the _____________.

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

circular

4.

The distance from the resting point of the wave to the crest or trough is called the _________________.

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

circular

5.

What is wavelength?

a)

is the bottom part of the wave.

b)

the distance from one crest to another crest or one trough to the next.

c)

is the distance from the middle point of a wave to a crest or a trough.

d)

the strength or height of a wave.

6.

What is a trough?

a)

the distance from one crest to another crest or one trough to the next.

b)

the strength of a wave or height of a wave.

c)

the middle point of a wave to a crest.

d)

the bottom part of a wave.

7.

What is amplitude?

a)

the bottom part of a wave.

b)

the distance from the middle point of a wave to a crest or a trough.

c)

the distance from one crest to another crest or one trough to the next.

8.

1. What is the back and forth motion of an object?

a)

Pitch

b)

Vibration

c)

Amplitude

9.

1. What is a sound that has been reflected off of a surface?

a)

Echo

b)

Amplitude

c)

Pitch

10.

1. What is the highness and lowness of a sound?

a)

Volume

b)

Wavelength

c)

Pitch

11.

1. What is the loudness or softness of a sound?

a)

Sound wave

b)

Wavelength

c)

Volume

12.

1. The distance from the top of one wave to the top of another is ______________.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Pitch

13.

Amplitude is the amount of __________.

a)

Energy

b)

Wavelength

c)

Volume

14.

1. Sound waves cannot travel through__________.

a)

A solid

b)

Gases

c)

Empty space

d)

Liquids

15.

What is labeled "A" in Gabriella's model?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Trough

d)

Wavelength

16.

What is labeled "B" in Gabriella's model?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Trough

d)

Crest

17.

What is labeled "C" in Gabriella's model?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Trough

d)

Crest

18.

What is labeled "D" in Gabriella's model?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Trough

d)

Crest

19.

Andy drew a diagram of a transverse wave. Which part of the wave is labeled X?

a)

rarefaction

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

compression

20.

When a ruler is hit against a desk it creates _________________.

a)

calibration

b)

seismic waves

c)

sound waves

d)

compression

21.

Through which material do sound waves travel the fastest?

a)

steel

b)

water

c)

space

d)

air

22.

Through which material do sound waves travel the slowest?

a)

steel

b)

water

c)

plastic

d)

air

23.

When you watch fireworks, you always hear the bang after you see the flash. This is because:

a)

when something explodes, the sound always happens after the flash.

b)

sound travels faster through the air than light.

c)

sound travels slower through the air than light.

d)

your ears take longer to send messages to your brain than your eyes do.

24.

Which type of matter does sound travel through the slowest?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

plasma

25.

Label the Wave. What part of the wave is labeled "A"?

a)

Crest or Peak

b)

Trough

c)

Wave Length

d)

Line of Origin

26.

Label the Wave. What part of the wave is labeled "B"?

a)

Crest or Peak

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

27.

Label the Wave. What part of the wave is labeled "D"?

a)

Crest or Peak

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

28.

Label the Wave. What part of the wave is labeled "C"?

a)

Crest or Peak

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

29.

Label the Wave. What part of the wave is labeled "E"?

a)

Crest or Peak

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

30.

Which wave has the highest frequency or pitch?

a)

Wave 1

b)

Wave 2

c)

Wave 3

31.

Which wave has the lowest frequency or pitch?

a)

Wave 1

b)

Wave 2

c)

Wave 3

32.

Which wave is the loudest?

a)

Wave 4

b)

Wave 5

c)

Wave 6

33.

1.1 According to the graph, through which medium will a sound wave travel slowest?

a)

iron

b)

glass

c)

oxygen

d)

water

34.

What type of frequency does this wave have?

a)

No frequency

b)

High

c)

Low

d)

Slow

35.

How does gas make sound waves travel?

a)

Slowest

b)

Fastest

c)

Vertical

d)

Horizontal

36.

Dolphins and porpoises communicate using what type of frequencies?

a)

Long

b)

Deep

c)

Lower

d)

Higher

37.

A tuba has a low pitch sound.  Which sound wave would represent a tuba? 

a)

b)

38.

Which wave has a louder sound?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Which sound wave has the lowest pitch?

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

If you are playing outside and can hear a football game a few blocks away, how can you explain this?

a)

The sound is traveling through the people at the game.

b)

The sound vibrations are traveling from the speakers, through the air, to your ears.

c)

You can not explain this.

d)

The sound vibrations are not able to travel that far.

41.

What could happen to a glass that is placed next to a speaker with the volume turned up, at a very high pitch?

a)

The glass will only shake.

b)

The glass will fall over because the vibrations push through the air.

c)

Nothing will happen to the glass.

d)

The glass will shatter or break because the vibrations push through the air and push on the glass, breaking it.

42.

Is it possible to hear a sound in outer space?

a)

No, because there is no air for the vibrations to travel through.

b)

No, because it is too far away.

c)

Yes, because sound travels through the air.

d)

Yes, because you can hear it if you listen closely.

43.

Which sound waves represent the sound of a high pitched whistle?

a)
b)
c)
d)
44.

What substance would sound waves travel fastest through?

a)

soda

b)

bricks

c)

oxygen

45.

Material some waves travel through, such as the type of solid, liquid, or gas.

a)

Trough

b)

Peak

c)

Wavelength

d)

Medium

46.

The number of times the wavelength occurs in one second, measured in units called hertz.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Medium

d)

Frequency

47.

All waves carry ______________.

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Water

d)

Energy

48.

Which of these waves would produce a high pitch sound?

a)

Low frequency wave

b)

High frequency wave

49.

Which picture shows a wave vibrating slowly?

a)
b)
50.

Which picture shows a softer sound?

a)
b)
51.

A disturbance that travels in a pattern and carries energy or information

a)

wave

b)

frequency

c)

boat

d)

pitch

52.

Armando used yarn to create waves on sheets of graph paper. He recorded his wave data in the table. Which heading in the table describes wavelength?

a)

wave

b)

number of crests

c)

distance between crests

d)

height of crests

53.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a disturbance?

a)

a boat moving through water

b)

the wind blowing

c)

a bike sitting in a puddle

d)

a boy jumping into a pool

54.

Wave B's frequency is...

a)

the same as wave A's frequency.

b)

higher than wave A's frequency.

c)

lower than wave A's frequency.

55.

Wave A's wavelength is...

a)

the same as wave B's wavelength.

b)

longer than wave B's wavelength.

c)

shorter than wave B's wavelength.

56.

Wave A's amplitude is...

a)

the same as wave B's amplitude.

b)

larger than wave B's amplitude.

c)

smaller than wave B's amplitude.

57.

Wave B's frequency is...

a)

the same as wave A's frequency.

b)

higher than wave A's frequency.

c)

lower than wave A's frequency.

58.

Wave A's wavelength is...

a)

the same as wave B's wavelength.

b)

longer than wave B's wavelength.

c)

shorter than wave B's wavelength.

59.

The bell makes a sound when it is hit by the clapper because the bell

a)

vibrates

b)

rotates

c)

releases heat

d)

produce electricity

60.

According to this chart, sound travels fastest through which form of matter?

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

gas

d)

none

61.

Jennie’s class has a small tuning fork, a medium tuning fork, and a large tuning fork. Their teacher tells them to strike the tuning fork and place the fork in a bowl of water. They observe the pitch created and measure the vibrations of the tuning fork in Hertz.

a)

The size of the tuning fork affects the volume of a sound.

b)

Higher pitches produce more vibrations

c)

Lower pitches produce more vibrations

d)

Larger objects produce more vibrations

62.

15.  Jennie’s class has a small tuning fork, a medium tuning fork, and a large tuning fork. Their teacher tells them to strike the tuning fork and place the fork in a bowl of water. They observe the pitch created and measure the vibrations of the tuning fork in Hertz.

a)

a. The size of the tuning fork affects the volume of a sound.

b)

b. Higher pitches produce more vibrations

c)

c. Lower pitches produce more vibrations

d)

d. Larger objects produce more vibrations

63.

The picture shows 4 kids around a radio that is playing a song.

Who would hear the song at the lowest volume?

a)

Child 1

b)

Child 2

c)

Child 3

d)

Child 4