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G4 - Science - Waves

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is wave?

a)

A disturbance that transfers energy and travels in a repeating pattern.

b)

A form of static energy that stays in one place.

c)

A random movement of particles without direction.

2.

What type of wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

3.

............. moves up and down.

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

4.

What type of wave is pictured?

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

c)

Wave, what wave?

d)

Slinky wave

5.

....... moves back and forth.

a)

Transverse wave

b)

Longitudinal wave

6.

The length of a crest (peak) or trough measured from the rest point.

a)

Wavelength

b)

Frequency

c)

Amplitude

7.

The high points of a transverse wave.

a)

Crest (peak)

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

8.

The low points of a transverse wave.

a)

Crest (peak)

b)

Trough

c)

Amplitude

d)

Wavelength

9.

The distance between any two crests (peaks) or troughs.

a)

Frequency

b)

Amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Transverse

10.

The number of times the wavelength occurs in a certain amount of time, measured in units called hertz.

a)

Amplitude

b)

Wavelength

c)

Medium

d)

Frequency

11.

All waves carry ______________.

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Water

d)

Energy

12.

Sound travels in which kind of wave?

a)

Longitudinal waves

b)

Transverse waves

13.

What part of the wave is shown?

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

amplitude

d)

trough

14.
Which letter identifies the wavelength?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
15.

Which wave has high amplitude ?

a)

Red wave

b)

Blue wave

16.

Which wave belongs to a louder sound (amplitude) ?

a)

Red wave

b)

Blue wave

17.

Which wave has low amplitude ?

a)

Red wave

b)

Blue wave

18.

Which wave belongs to a quieter sound (amplitude) ?

a)

Red wave

b)

Blue wave

19.

A disturbance at a single point that moves outward in all directions.

a)

circular wave

b)

plane wave

20.
Which letter(s) represent the crest of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
B & F
d)
F
21.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
22.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
23.

The highest point on a wave is:

(a)  

24.

The lowest point on a wave is the:

(a)  

25.
Which vocabulary term is used to identify the distance between points C & G?
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Frequency
d)
Wavelength
26.
Which letter(s) represent the trough of the wave?
a)
A
b)
B & D
c)
D
d)
C & G
27.

Amplitude is the distance between

a)

the crest and the trough

b)

each wave

c)

the middle point of a wave and the clouds

d)

the crest or trough and the middle point of the wave

28.

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

29.
What does a wave carry?
a)
boats
b)
matter
c)
energy
d)
water
30.
Which wave has a longer wavelength?
a)
wave C
b)
wave D
31.
Which wave has the most energy?
a)
top wave
b)
bottom wave
32.

Which wave in the diagram has the longest wavelength?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

33.

Which of these waves would produce a high pitch sound?

a)

Low frequency wave

b)

High frequency wave

34.

What determines the pitch of a sound?

a)

The amount of energy used to create the vibration

b)

The wavelength of the sound wave.

c)

The volume of the sound.

d)

The frequency of the vibrations.

35.

A sound wave with low amplitude produces which type of sound?

a)

High

b)

Low

c)

Loud

d)

Soft

36.
When a sound is louder what measurement gets bigger?
a)
Frequency 
b)
Amplitude 
c)
Wavelength 
d)
Crest
37.
If the distance represented by the letter A (the amplitude) were increased, how would it change the sound?
a)
The sound would be higher. 
b)
The sound would be lower. 
c)
The sound would be softer. 
d)
The sound would be louder. 
38.

Which one has a higher pitch?

a)

Cello

b)

Violin

39.

Which one has a lower pitch?

a)

Cello

b)

Violin

40.

Which one is louder?

a)

Cello

b)

Violin

c)

They have the same loudness

41.

Which sound wave has low pitch?

Pick 2 answers.

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

42.

Which sound wave has high pitch?

Pick 2 answers.

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

43.

Which sound wave is loud?

Pick 2 answers.

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

44.

Which sound wave is soft?

Pick 2 answers.

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

45.

The ​higher the frequency, the ​ (a)   the pitch and vice versa.

Choose from the below words
lower
higher
same
46.

Which of these waves would have a higher pitch?

a)

Low Frequency

b)

High Frequency

c)

Frequency does not determine pitch

47.

What is a pitch (as it relates to sound)?

a)

the intensity of a vibration

b)

the amplitude of a sound wave

c)

volume of sound

d)

highness or lowness of a sound

48.

The total number of waves produced in a certain amount of time is called the ________ of the wave.

a)

Vibration

b)

Echo

c)

Frequency

d)

Amplitude

49.

What does compression mean in the context of sound waves?

a)

The point where the wave is most compact

b)

The highest point of a wave

c)

The origination point of a wave

d)

How we are able to hear sound waves

50.

What is amplitude as it refers to sound waves?

a)

The distance between the same two points on a wave

b)

The number of waves per second

c)

The measure of the height of the wave

d)

The frequency of the wave

51.

Sound wave is a best example of what kind of wave?

a)

Electromagnetic wave

b)

Longitudinal Wave

c)

Transverse waves

52.

Property of longitudinal wave where particles are close together is called ___________?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Compression

53.

The place in a longitudinal wave where particles are far from each other is called_______________?

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Amplitude

54.
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
a)
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
b)
The wavelength increases.
c)
The wavelength decreases.
d)
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
55.

Amplitude

a)
b)
c)
d)
56.

Trough

a)
b)
c)
d)
57.

Crest

a)
b)
c)
d)
58.

Wavelength

a)
b)
c)
d)
59.

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

a)

b)

60.

Which wave has the higher frequency? Blue or red?

a)

blue

b)

red

61.

__________ is how high or low a sound is.

a)

volume

b)

waves

c)

pitch

d)

vibration

62.

Match the following

a)

Highest point of wave

1.

crest

b)

Lowest point of wave

2.

trough

c)

Number of wave repetitions in a certain amount of time

3.

wave frequency

d)

How high or low the sound is

4.

pitch

e)

The height or size of a wave

5.

amplitude

63.

A microphone, when hooked into a speaker, will make the sound wave have a larger .............

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

64.

As you play from left to right on a keyboard, the pitch becomes higher. Which is increasing?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

65.

As you turn the radio dial from 90.1FM to 95.3FM, which is increasing?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

66.

The harder you strike a drum, the louder it sounds.

Which is increasing?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

67.

When you strum a guitar with more force, which increases?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

68.

When the music teacher drops food in the fish bowl, it makes ripples in the water. Which wave property is shown in the picture?

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

frequency

69.

A harmonica is an instrument that produces different pitches using air moving through it.

What kind of wavelength will a low-pitched have?

a)

long wavelength

b)

short wavelength

70.
a)

S

b)

I

71.

Which has larger amplitude?

a)

R

b)

B

72.
a)

O

b)

I

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