WorksheetsWave Measurement Quiz
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Letter A shows ______ and there are ___ total wavelengths pictured.
Crests; 2
Troughs; 3
Crests; 1.5
Crests; 2.5
These waves differ in their ___.
wavelength
speed
amplitude
frequency
wave type
If more energy is added to a wave, what characteristic changes?
wavelength
wave speed
amplitude and/or frequency
amplitude only
frequency only
Sound waves are ____________
Circular waves
Seismic waves
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
High energy waves have a ___.
low frequency
high frequency
small amplitude
big wavelength
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
3400 Hz
3400 m/s
34 m/s
34 Hz
A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
25 m
125 m
25 m/s
5 m
One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of 0.25 m. The frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz. What is the speed of the wave?
1.25 m/s
3.00 m/s
0.75 m/s
2.50 m/s
What is the distance between two consecutive crests or troughs in a wave?
Frequency
Amplitude
Wavelength
Speed
What is the term for the material through which a wave travels?
Vacuum
Medium
Space
Field
What is the relationship between frequency and wavelength?
They are directly proportional
They are inversely proportional
They are equal
They are unrelated
What is the term for the lowest point of a wave?
Crest
Node
Trough
Antinode
What is the speed of a wave with a frequency of 500 Hz and a wavelength of 0.75 m?
375 m/s
500 m/s
0.75 m/s
34 m/s
What is the term for the number of waves that pass a point in one second?
Amplitude
Frequency
Wavelength
Speed
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
amplitude
crest
trough
wavelength
When is the pendulum at maximum velocity
At its lowest point
At its highest point
It moves at a constant velocity
It is at rest
When is the pendulum at 0 velocity
At its lowest point
At its highest point
It moves at a constant velocity
It is at rest
The graph shows the variation with time of the displacement of an object undergoing simple harmonic motion. At which of the following time values is kinetic energy zero?
0 ms
40 ms
80 ms
100 ms
Which is true about the restoring force?
A force that restores motion.
A force that is inversely proportional to displacement.
A force that always pulls a mass back to equilibrium.
A force that pushes a mass towards maximum amplitude.
If the length of a pendulum increases, its period....
increases
decreases
stays the same
The restoring force on a pendulum is
increasing
gravity
electrical
friction
If a pendulum is moved to a planet and its period increases, the gravity on that planet is ___________ the gravity on Earth.
the same as
less than
greater than
can't tell; period doesn't depend on gravity
A certain pendulum with a 1.00 kg bob has a period of 3.50 s. What will happen to the period of the pendulum if the 1.00 kg bob is replaced by a bob with a mass of 2.00 kg?
Increase
Decrease
Stays the same
Need more information
The ______ of a pendulum is the time it takes for the pendulum to complete one full swing.
period
mass
g, the acceleration due to gravity
restoring
If the mass of a mass-spring oscillator is decreased, what happens to its period?
The period increases
The period decreases
The period remains the same
The period cannot be determined
According to the graph, what is the amplitude of this oscillation?
1 m
2 m
1 s
2.2 s
According to the graph, what is the period for this oscillator?
1 s
2.1 s
0.5 s
5 s
The period of an oscillator is 2 seconds. What is its frequency?
2 Hz
0.5 Hz
1 Hz
0.2 Hz
The common unit for frequency is the
second ( s ).
Hertz ( Hz ).
meter ( m ).
Newton ( N ).
What is the frequency of an oscillator?
The amount of time it takes for an oscillator to complete 1 cycle.
The amount of time it takes for an oscillator to stop oscillating.
The number of cycles an oscillator moves per second.
The number you tune your radio to to listen to a certain station.
What is the direction of the velocity at point B, if the ball is revolving clockwise?
up
right
down
left
The velocity is always _____ to the line of a circle.
outwards
towards the center
tangent
faster
You swing a bucket of water attached to a string in a circle above your head. What keeps the water in the bucket?
Friction
Centripetal Force
Gravity
Inertia
If the radius of the string is .3 meters long and the stopper makes 5 revolutions per second, what is the speed of the stopper? (Hint: C=2πr)
9.4 m/s
6.8 m/s
11.7 m/s
3.5 m/s
What's the centripetal acceleration of an object traveling 2.3 m/s around a circle of diameter 0.6 m?
5 m/s2
17.63 m/s2
10 m/s2
8.81 m/s2
The drum of a washing machine rotates 1800 times in 3 minutes. What is the period?
0.1 s
0.2 s
0.3 s
0.5 s
The time taken for one complete circuit is called the...
Period
Frequency
Angular velocity
Calculate the velocity of an object moved around a circle with a radius of 1.65 m and an acceleration of 3.5 m/s2.
2.4 m/s
3.6 m/s
3.9 m/s
4.2 m/s
What happens to an object's speed as the radius decreases?
It increases.
It decreases.
It remains unchanged.
Unit of energy
N
J
E
W
Unit of force
N
J
E
W
When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest? (assume there is no friction)
1 and 5
2 and 4
3
4 and 5
When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
1
2
3
4
What is the term for the maximum displacement from the rest position in a wave?
Speed
Wavelength
Frequency
Amplitude
Which of the following factors does not affect the period of a pendulum?
Acceleration due to gravity
Length of the pendulum
Mass of the bob
Amplitude of swing
What happens to the frequency of a wave if its speed increases while the wavelength remains constant?
Frequency becomes zero
Frequency remains the same
Frequency decreases
Frequency increases
