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WorksheetsWave Types, Shapes, Parts, Speed
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?
a)
Constructive interference
b)
Destructive interference
c)
Increasing frequency
d)
Increasing period
2.
What phenomenon does this image demonstrate?
a)
Constructive interference
b)
Destructive interference
c)
Increasing frequency
d)
Increasing period
3.
What letter demonstrates the wavelength of this wave?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
4.
What letter demonstrates the amplitude of this wave?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
5.
Which wave has a higher amplitude?
a)
The wave on top
b)
The wave on bottom
c)
They both have the same amplitude
6.
The combination of two or more waves that result in a single wave
a)
A. diffraction
b)
B. resonance
c)
C. reflection
d)
D. interference
7.
a)
Constructive Interference
b)
Destructive Interference
c)
Refraction
d)
Diffraction
8.
Which wave behavior do noise cancelling headphones use?
a)
diffraction
b)
refraction
c)
constructive interference
d)
destructive interference
9.
In a longitudinal wave, the parts where the matter is at its highest pressure is
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
line of equilibrium
d)
pressure point
10.
In ___________, the two colliding wave combine amplitude/energy
a)
Constructive Interference
b)
Doppler Effect
c)
Reflection
d)
Refraction
11.
__________ is number of waves in a give time.
a)
Wavelength
b)
Mechanical Waves
c)
Transverse
d)
Frequency
12.
What is a medium?
a)
something between a small and a large?
b)
the substance through which a wave can travel
c)
a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still
d)
the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave
13.
One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m. The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
3.00 m/s
b)
2.50 m/s
c)
.75 m/s
d)
1.25 m/s
14.
If this wave chain represents 1 second, What is the frequency of the waves?
a)
1 Hz
b)
9 Hz
c)
3 Hz
d)
6 Hz
15.
How many waves are in this wave chain?
a)
6
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
16.
The image describes what kind of interference?
a)
constructive
b)
destructive
c)
both, resulting in a beat
d)
none, resulting in a beat
17.
How loud or soft a sound is, is related to the _____________ of the wave
a)
amplitude
b)
frequency
c)
wave length
d)
rest position
18.
How many nodes and antinodes are shown in the picture?
a)
4 nodes, 3 antinodes
b)
4 nodes, 6 antinodes
c)
6 nodes, 4 antinodes
d)
3 nodes, 4 antinodes
19.
A standing wave is oscillating at 950 Hz on a string, as shown in the figure. What is the wave speed?
a)
380 m/s
b)
570 m/s
c)
290 m/s
d)
190 m/s
20.
Waves arriving at a fixed (attached) boundary, like a rope tied tight to an end
a)
reflect the same way they arrive
b)
reflect and invert
c)
don't reflect
d)
do the Macarena
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