WorksheetsVocab Set #17: Unit 5 Waves 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The height of a wave; the distance from the nodal line to the top of the wave (crest) or from the nodal line to the bottom of the wave (trough).
a)
Amplitude
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Wave Speed
2.
A wave in which matter moves back and forth in the same direction as the wave is moving; also called compressional wave.
a)
Electromagnetic Wave
b)
Transverse Wave
c)
Longitudinal Wave
d)
Mechanical Wave
3.
The highest point of a wave.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Compression
4.
The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are closest together; where the wave is bunched up.
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
5.
Transverse waves consisting of changing electric and magnetic fields; does not require a medium to travel and can travel through empty space.
a)
Longitudinal Waves
b)
Mechanical Waves
c)
Transverse Waves
d)
Electromagnetic Waves
6.
The number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Wave Speed
7.
Matter through which a wave travels.
a)
Vacuum
b)
Medium
c)
Node
d)
Wave Length
8.
A wave that requires a medium in order to carry energy.
a)
Transverse Waves
b)
Mechanical Waves
c)
Longitudinal Waves
d)
Electromagnetic Waves
9.
The location of the standing waves where the amplitude is always at equilibrium.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Node
10.
The part in a longitudinal wave where the particles are spread apart.
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
11.
A wave in which the particles of the medium move perpendicularly to the direction that the wave is moving.
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Longitudinal Wave
c)
Transverse Wave
d)
Electromagnetic Wave
12.
The lowest point of a wave.
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Compression
d)
Rarefaction
13.
A space where no particles of matter exist.
a)
Medium
b)
Node
c)
Vacuum
d)
Trough
14.
The distance between two identical points on two back-to-back waves.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Wave Speed
15.
The speed at which a wave travels through a medium in a given time.
a)
Amplitude
b)
Frequency
c)
Wavelength
d)
Wave Speed
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