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Waves Unit Test

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Waves move ___ through vibrations
a)
Energy
b)
Matter
c)
Mass
d)
Weight
2.
Longitudinal waves are ______.
a)
Parallel
b)
Perpendicular
c)
Crazy
3.
Transverse waves are ___.
a)
Parallel
b)
Perpendicular
c)
Weird
4.
What is the wavelength?
a)
Length
b)
Height
c)
# of waves
5.
What is the amplitude?
a)
length
b)
height
c)
# of waves
6.
Which is the wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
7.
Which type of wave does sound travel in?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
8.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
9.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
10.
What is represented by the  letter 'y'?
a)
Compression
b)
Rarefaction
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
11.
What is represented by the letter 'x'?
a)
Crest
b)
Compression
c)
Rarefaction
d)
Wavelength
12.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
13.
What part is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Crest
b)
Resting Point
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
14.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
15.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
16.
Which answer best explains what causes a wave?
a)
Shaking
b)
Potential energy
c)
Light
d)
Vibrations
17.
What kind of wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
surface
d)
none of the above
18.

What type of wave move in a back and forth motion?

a)

Compression wave

b)

Light wave

c)

Transverse wave

d)

Hicks-Riddick Wave

19.

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place

a)

Wave

b)

Energy

c)

Interference

d)

Node

20.

The material through which a wave travels.

a)

Hertz

b)

Crest

c)

Medium

d)

Trough

21.

A wave that requires a medium through which to travel.

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Mechanical Wave

c)

Standing Wave

d)

Transverse Wave

22.

A wave that moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels.

a)

Longitudinal Wave

b)

Mechanical Wave

c)

Standing Wave

d)

Transverse Wave

23.

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are close together.

a)

Compression

b)

Crest

c)

Rarefaction

d)

Trough

24.

The part of a longitudinal wave where the particles of the medium are farther apart.

a)

Compression

b)

Crest

c)

Rarefaction

d)

Trough

25.

The maximum distance the particles of a medium move away from their rest positions as a wave passes through the medium.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Frequency

c)

Interference

d)

Wavelength

26.

The distance between two corresponding parts of a wave.

a)

Crest

b)

Hertz

c)

Resonance

d)

Wavelength

27.

What do seismic waves and sound waves have in common?

a)

They're mechanical waves

b)

They're electromagnetic waves

c)

They're phonetic waves

d)

They're permanent waves

28.

What do waves carry from place to place?

a)

Energy, but not matter

b)

Energy and matter

c)

Matter, but not energy

d)

Neither energy nor matter

29.

How are electromagnetic waves different from mechanical waves?

a)

Electromagnetic waves need a medium to travel through; mechanical waves don't.

b)

Electromagnetic waves can travel through water; mechanical waves can only travel through solid matter.

c)

Electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space; mechanical waves can't

d)

Electromagnetic waves are long chains of vibrating molecules; mechanical waves aren't.

30.

Which of the following are electromagnetic waves?

a)

Water waves

b)

Radio waves

c)

Sound waves

d)

Seismic waves

31.

What type of waves carry energy at a right angle to the direction of the energy flow?

a)

Compression waves

b)

Transverse waves

c)

Sound waves

d)

P-waves

32.

How is wavelength measured?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
34.
Waves are a transfer of what?
a)
Heat
b)
Light
c)
Energy
d)
Food
35.
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
a)
Mechanical Waves
b)
Electromagnetic Waves
36.
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
37.
Refraction causes waves to bounce back off of an object.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
Which of the following is the bending of a wave, which changes its speed.
a)
Reflection
b)
Diffraction
c)
Refraction
d)
Frequency
39.
When waves meet, and form either a larger or smaller amplitude
a)
Radiation
b)
Interference
c)
Diffraction
d)
Microwaves
40.
The combination of two waves to form a larger amplitude is what type of interference?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Diffractive
d)
Refractive
41.
Waves can meet and form a smaller amplitude.  If this occurs, it is called
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Diffractive
d)
Refractive
42.

This is when sound waves reflect or bounce off an an object.

a)

Echo

b)

Transmission

c)

Refraction

d)

Absorption

43.

When you place things into water they sometimes look bent (see the image below). What is this an example of?

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Transmission

d)

Absorption

44.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

45.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

46.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

47.

Which type of interaction is this?

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

diffraction

48.

What term does the following sentence describe?

The distance between the highest point of a wave crest and the resting position of the wave is the _________.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

trough

d)

resting position

49.

Which wave travels in the SAME DIRECTION as the vibrations that are produced my the source?

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Transverse

50.

Which wave has the highest frequency?

a)

red

b)

green

c)

blue

d)

pink

51.
Frequency is measured in
a)
Newtons
b)
Joules
c)
Hertz
d)
Decibels
52.
These waves have the same
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
period 
d)
wavelength
53.

Definition: When one object vibrating at the same natural frequency of a second object forces that second object into vibrational motion.

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Diffraction

d)

Resonance

54.

The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Resonance

b)

Doppler Effect

c)

Polarization

d)

Diffraction

55.

The image depicts which of the following wave behaviors?

a)

Resonance

b)

Doppler Effect

c)

Interference

d)

Polarization

56.

The two blue and purple waves will undergo _________________ when they meet.

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

57.

The image of the two waves depicts

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

58.

Which of the pictured is responsible for us being able to see objects?

a)

Transmission

b)

Reflection

c)

Refraction

d)

Scattering

e)

Absorption

59.
When a sound wave experiences reflection, we hear
a)
a louder sound
b)
an echo
c)
a quieter sound
d)
nothing
60.

Frequency is always measured in _________

a)

kilometers

b)

Hertz

c)

centimeters

d)

seconds

61.

Which wave has the longest wave length?

a)

top wave

b)

bottom wave

62.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
63.
What part is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Crest
b)
Trough
c)
Amplitude
d)
Wavelength
64.
What part is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Crest
b)
Resting Point
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
65.
What is represented by the blue lines?
a)
Trough
b)
Crest
c)
Wavelength
d)
Amplitude
66.
Which wave has a higher frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
67.
Which wave has a longer wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
68.
What type of wave is this?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
69.

A wave is a disturbance that transfers ________ from one place to another.

a)

Matter

b)

Energy

70.

Which types of waves require a medium to travel?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Mechanical

71.

If a wave has a low frequency, it will have __________ energy.

a)

High

b)

Low

72.

If a wave has a high amplitude, it will have __________ energy.

a)

High

b)

Low

73.

A wave that can travel without a medium is called a(n)

a)

electromagnetic wave

b)

mechanical wave

c)

surface wave

d)

all waves can travel in any way

74.

Longitudinal waves move:

a)

at a right angle compared to the direction the wave is traveling

b)

in a circle compared to the direction the wave is traveling

c)

matter

d)

in the same direction as the wave is traveling

75.

Low frequency sound wave = _______ Pitch

a)
Low
b)
High
76.

Low amplitude sound wave = __________________

a)

Quieter sounds

b)

Louder sounds

77.
What is changed in the second picture?
a)
Someone is talking louder in picture 2
b)
Someone is talking softer in picture 2
c)
Someone is talking lower pitch in picture 2
d)
Someone is talking higher pitch in picture 2
78.

True or False: Sound can travel through outer space.

a)

True

b)

False

79.

Sound waves are...

a)

electromagnetic and transverse

b)

electromagnetic and longitudinal

c)

mechanical and transverse

d)

mechanical and longitudinal

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