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Properties of Waves

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which letter represents the wave crest?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
Which letter represents the wave trough?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.

A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space

a)

wave

b)

position

c)

time

d)

protein

4.

How are Electromagnetic waves different from Mechanical waves?

a)

EM waves have very short wavelengths

b)

EM waves transmit energy instead of matter

c)

EM waves can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)

d)

EM waves can change direction by reflection

5.

What is transferred by a wave?

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

particles

d)

mass

6.

Which image represents a longitudinal wave?

a)

A

b)

B

7.
What part of the wave is a compression? 
a)
A
b)
B
8.
What part of the wave is a rarefaction? 
a)
A
b)
B
9.
What type of wave is pictured here?
a)
sound wave
b)
transverse wave
c)
longitudinal wave
d)
seismic wave
10.
Transverse waves carry energy _______ to the direction the medium is moving. 
a)
at a 45 degree angle
b)
perpendicular
c)
parallel
d)
opposite
11.
A longitudinal wave carries energy __________ to the direction the medium is moving. 
a)
at a 45 degree angle
b)
at a 90 degree angle 
c)
parallel
d)
perpindicular
12.

Shaking a rope up and down produces which type of wave?

a)

transverse

b)

amplitude

c)

longitudinal

d)

period

13.

Sound waves are which type of waves?

a)

transverse

b)

seismic

c)

longitudinal

d)

frequency

14.

What is a surface wave?

4 lines
15.

What is the difference between a mechanical wave and an electromagnetic wave?

4 lines
16.
Which letter represents wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.
Which letter represents amplitude?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
18.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
A
b)
B
19.
If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to number of waves per second?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
20.

Which image represents a longitudinal wave?

a)

A

b)

B

21.
Which wave has a longer wavelength?
a)
wave C
b)
wave D
22.
Which wave has the most energy?
a)
top wave
b)
bottom wave
23.
Which wave has a greater frequency?
a)
wave B
b)
wave C
24.
Which wave has the largest wavelength?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
None (same wavelength)
25.

Frequency is:

a)

the height of a wave

b)

the distance between two crests of a wave

c)

the number of waves that pass a point in 1 second