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Wave Properties Quiz

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ___ is a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

a)

electromagnetic

b)

mechanical

c)

wave

d)

vibration

2.

  • Types of waves that travel only through matter and NOT through vacuum.

a)

vibration

b)

mechanical

c)

wave

d)

electromagnetic

3.

  • A material in which a wave travels is

a)

vibration

b)

mechanical

c)

medium

d)

electromagnetic

4.

  • A wave in which the disturbance is perpendicular to the direction the wave travels is __.

a)

mechanical wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

electromagnetic wave

5.

  • A wave that moves parallel to the direction of the wave is ___.

a)

mechanical wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

electromagnetic wave

6.

  • A wave that DOES NOT need a medium to travel because it travels through vacuum is ___.

a)

mechanical wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

electromagnetic wave

7.

  • Sections of a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together

a)

compressions

b)

rarefactions

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

transverse wave

8.

  • Sections of a longitudinal wave where the particles are farthest apart

a)

compressions

b)

rarefactions

c)

longitudinal wave

d)

transverse wave

9.

  • Is the maximum distance that the wave moves from its rest position.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

wave speed

10.

Is the distance between one point on a wave to the same point on the next wave.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

intensity

11.

Is the number of wavelengths that pass a point each second.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

intensity

12.

Is the perception of how high or low a sound seems.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

pitch

13.

The unit of frequency is ___.

a)

meters, cm, or mm.

b)

Hz.

c)

dB

d)

pitch

14.

The unit of wavelength is ___.

a)

meters, cm, or mm.

b)

Hz.

c)

dB

d)

pitch

15.

The unit of intensity is ___.

a)

meters, cm, or mm.

b)

Hz.

c)

dB

16.

As the frequency of a wave increase, what decreases? 

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

energy

d)

speed

17.

  • is the bouncing of a wave off a surface.

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

18.

  • Determine what interaction of waves with matter the picture is showing.

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

19.

  • Determine what interaction of waves with matter the picture is showing.

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

reflection

d)

refraction

20.

  • Determine what interaction of waves with matter the picture is showing.

a)

transmission

b)

absorption

c)

diffraction

d)

refraction

21.

Is electromagnetic radiation that you can see.

a)

light

b)

radiant energy

c)

luminous object

d)

illuminated object

22.

Is a material that allows almost all the light that strikes it to pass through and form a clear image

a)

absorption

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

d)

translucent

23.

Is a material that allows most of the light that strikes it to pass through and form a blurry image

a)

absorption

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

d)

translucent

24.

Is a material through which light does not pass

a)

absorption

b)

transparent

c)

opaque

d)

translucent

25.

Waves that require a material to travel though are called

a)

electromagnetic waves

b)

mechanical waves

c)

ocean waves

d)

transverse waves

e)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

26.

This picture is an example of a

a)

longitudinal wave

b)

transverse wave

c)

i do not know and do not wish to answer.

27.

This picture is an example of which type of wave?

a)

transverse wave

b)

longitudinal wave

c)

ocean wave

d)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

28.

A short wavelength is equal to

a)

a low frequency

b)

slow wave speed.

c)

a high frequency

d)

I do not know and do not wish to answer.

29.

#1 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

30.

#2 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

31.

#3 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

32.

#4 refers to the

a)

wavelength

b)

amplitude

c)

crest

d)

trough

33.

Which of these waves has the highest frequency?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

34.

These waves differ in their ___.

a)

amplitude

b)

wavelength

c)

wave type

35.
What do waves transfer?
a)
energy
b)
matter
c)
work
d)
power
36.
A sound with a high pitch would have
a)
a low frequency
b)
a high frequency
c)
a low amplitude
d)
a high amplitude
37.
A sound with a low pitch would have a:
a)
high frequency
b)
low frequency
c)
high amplitude
d)
low amplitude
38.
A very loud sound would have a(n):  
a)
high frequency
b)
low frequency
c)
high amplitude
d)
low amplitude
39.
When an ambulance move TOWARD you it sounds ________ pitched. 
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
40.

Interference in which waves combine to form a wave with larger amplitude than either wave originally had is called

a)

destructive interference

b)

amplitude enhancement

c)

constructive interference

d)

resonance

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