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Unit 4: Waves

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Do waves transfer matter or energy?

a)

Matter

b)

Energy

2.

Which waves can travel in a vacuum?

a)

Electromagnetic waves can travel in a vacuum.

b)

Mechanical waves can travel in a vacuum.

3.

What is the frequency of a wave?

a)
The waves height
b)
The distance between two waves.
c)
The number of repetition of a wave in one second.
4.

What is the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave?

a)
The direction in which the vibration occurs.
b)
The frequency of the wave.
c)
The size of the wave.
5.

Which do sound waves travel quickest through?

a)

a solid

b)

a liquid

c)

a gas

d)

they travel at the same speed through solids, liquids, or gases

6.

What is a wave?

a)
A disturbance that transmits energy from one place to another.
b)
Something that moves matter.
c)
The intensity at which energy moves.
7.

What is the crest of a wave?

a)
The highest point of a wave.
b)
The distance between two waves.
c)
The frequency of a wave.
8.

True or False: Light waves can travel through a vacuum.

a)
True
b)
False
9.

Choose the image below that will allow light to pass through it.

a)

A door

b)

Glasses

c)

A safe

10.

What color is formed when all the colors of light are combined?

a)
Black
b)
White
c)
Red
11.

Choose the natural sources of light (Pick all that apply)

a)

Flashlight

b)

Fire

c)

Sun

12.

An opaque object __________________________________________

a)
allows all light to pass through it.
b)
allows some light to pass through it.
c)
allows no light to pass through it.
13.

An apple looks red to you because red is _______________________.

a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
c)
refracted
14.

What type of code uses two signals?

a)
binary code
b)
alphabet code
c)
radio waves
15.

Which type of wave is used with communication devices?

a)
visible light waves
b)
sound waves
c)
radio waves
16.

What are sounds made from?

a)

vibrations

b)

mediums

c)

matter

17.

Sound cannot travel through a (a)   , because there is no medium or matter to vibrate.

18.
Question Image

Match the following

a)

crest

1.

A

b)

amplitude

2.

C

c)

wavelength

3.

B

d)

Trough

4.

D

e)

wavelength

5.

E