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Wave Terminology Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for waves bouncing back?

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

2.

What is the term for waves moving into something?

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

3.

What is the term for light being bent?

a)

reflection

b)

transmission

c)

absorption

d)

refraction

4.

What is the distance between two crests of waves called?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

d)

crest

5.

What type of wave requires a medium to travel through?

a)

mechanical

b)

electromagnetic

c)

longitudinal

d)

transverse

6.

What type of waves travel through an electric or magnetic field?

a)

mechanical

b)

longitudinal

c)

electromagnetic

d)

transverse

7.

What is the number of complete wavelengths that pass a point in a given time called?

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

crest

8.

What is the height of a wave called?

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

crest

9.

What is the energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles called?

a)

mechanical

b)

electromagnetic

c)

radiation

d)

transmission

10.

What is the ability to do work called?

a)

energy

b)

force

c)

power

d)

motion

11.

What is the material through which a wave travels called?

a)

medium

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

field

12.

What is the highest point of a wave called?

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

amplitude

d)

wavelength

13.

What is the lowest point of a wave called?

a)

crest

b)

amplitude

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

14.

What type of wave has the vibration of the medium parallel to the direction the wave travels?

a)

transverse wave

b)

longitudinal wave

c)

mechanical wave

d)

electromagnetic wave

15.

What type of wave moves the medium in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the wave travels?

a)

longitudinal wave

b)

mechanical wave

c)

transverse wave

d)

electromagnetic wave

16.

What is the term for an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface?

a)

parallel

b)

perpendicular

c)

transverse

d)

longitudinal

17.

What is the term for sets of waves traveling together in the same direction with crests about equally distant from each other?

a)

parallel

b)

perpendicular

c)

transverse

d)

longitudinal

18.

What is the term for sending something across places or passing along?

a)

transmit

b)

reflect

c)

absorb

d)

refract

19.

What is a field of force surrounding a charged particle called?

a)

medium

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

field

20.

What is waves moving into a medium?

a)

reflection

b)

transmission

c)

absorption

d)

refraction