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WorksheetsWaves, Energy, and Information
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do we call the bottom of a transverse wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
wavelength
d)
amplitude
2.
What kind of wave is pictured below?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
sound wave
d)
mechanical wave
3.
What do we call the top of the wave?
a)
crest
b)
trough
c)
amplitude
d)
frequency
4.
Waves that require a medium are called
a)
mechanical waves
b)
transverse waves
c)
light waves
d)
gamma rays
5.
What kind of wave moves perpendicular to the direction of the wave?
a)
compressional wave
b)
transverse wave
6.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is squeezed together?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
7.
What do we call the part of a longitudinal wave that is spread apart?
a)
compression
b)
rarefaction
c)
crest
d)
trough
8.
Waves transfer what?
a)
Heat
b)
Light
c)
Energy
d)
Food
9.
This type of Electromagnetic wave shows a break in bones.
a)
gamma ray
b)
x-ray
c)
brokenometer
d)
radio wave
10.
Which of these waves can travel in a vacuum (empty space)?
a)
sound wave
b)
radio wave
c)
longitudinal wave
d)
water wave
11.
All waves carry
a)
energy
b)
light
c)
matter
d)
particles
12.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
Which letter represents the wave trough?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
15.
What is another name for wave height?
a)
Frequency
b)
Amplitude
c)
Wavelength
d)
Origin
16.
How would a person measure the wavelength on this sound wave?
a)
dense to less dense
b)
trough to crest
c)
compression to compression
17.
Which of the following is transmitted by waves?
a)
atoms
b)
matter
c)
energy
d)
resonance
18.
Waves can travel through empty space or they can travel through a medium. Which statement BEST describes a medium?
a)
The solid matter that waves travel through
b)
The gas matter that waves travel through
c)
The liquid matter that waves travel through
d)
The solid, liquid, or gas matter that waves travel through
19.
Mechanical waves cannot be transmitted through a vacuum. Therefore, which of the following are NOT mechanical waves?
a)
Water waves
b)
Seismic waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
Light waves
20.
What do mechanical waves travel through?
a)
Medium
b)
empty space
c)
vacuum
d)
Our Universe
21.
Waves produced by an earthquake are called___
a)
seismic waves
b)
electromagnetic waves
c)
sound waves
d)
vibration waves
22.
A mechanical wave is always caused by a ____.
a)
vibration
b)
earthquake
c)
machine
23.
T or F: All electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed in a vacuum.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves that transfer ___
a)
sound energy
b)
photons
c)
electrical & magnetic energy
d)
kinetic energy
25.
Which of the following waves can travel through space?
a)
mechanical
b)
electromagnetic
c)
sound
d)
longitudinal
26.
Amplitude is a direct measure of a wave's ___
a)
energy
b)
matter
c)
direction
27.
A wave that moves parallel to the direction the wave travels is:
a)
longitudinal
b)
transverse
28.
Mechanical waves carry ___ energy
a)
kinetic
b)
potential
c)
nuclear
d)
magnetic
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