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Waves Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a vibration that transfers energy through matter or empty space?

a)

A Wave

b)

Resonance

c)

Transmission

d)

Microwaves

2.

What type of wave is pictured below? The wave particles move perpendicular or opposite to the motion of travel.

a)

Sound

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Compressional

d)

Transverse

3.

Which type of wave must have a medium in order to travel?

a)

Electromagnetic

b)

Mechanical

c)

Transverse

d)

Light

4.

All waves carry/transmit...

a)

Matter

b)

Sound

c)

Light

d)

Energy

5.

Which type of wave combines both the up and down as well as back and forth motion to move in a circular pattern?

a)

Transverse

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Surface

d)

Mechanical

6.

Letter C is referring to which part of the wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

7.

Letter B is referring to which part of the wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

8.

Refer to the diagram of the wave. Letter D is referring to which part of the wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

9.

Letter A is referring to which part of the wave?

a)

Crest

b)

Trough

c)

Wavelength

d)

Amplitude

10.

What is letter B referring to?

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Wavelength

d)

Refraction

11.

What is letter C referring to?

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Wavelength

d)

Refraction

12.

What is letter A referring to?

a)

Compression

b)

Rarefaction

c)

Wavelength

d)

Refraction

13.

What type of wave is pictured in this model?

a)

Longitudinal/Compression

b)

Standing

c)

Transverse

d)

Ocean

14.

The amount of wavelengths that pass a given space in a one second interval is the definition of which vocabulary term?

a)

Wavelength

b)

Frequency

c)

Doppler Effect

d)

Pitch

15.

Which wave has the lowest frequency?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

What is the frequency of this wave?

a)

3 Hz

b)

2 Hz

c)

4 Hz

d)

1 Hz

17.

Which behavior of waves is demonstrated in the photo?

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Reflection

d)

Absorbtion

18.

Windows allow light waves to pass through them without bending, braking or scattering. What behavior of waves do windows allow?

a)

Refraction

b)

transmission

c)

Reflection

d)

Absorbtion

19.

The duck in this picture is not really in 2 separate pieces. Which wave behavior best describes why the duck looks the way it does in this photo?

a)

Reflection

b)

Transmission

c)

Diffraction

d)

Refraction

20.

Here is a group of students discussing what they just learned in science class. Margo is arguing that pink is the best color to wear at the beach. Juan steps in and says the best color to wear in sunny weather is black because it's cooling. Daphne laughs at them both and claims white is the best color because it's reflecting. Kewon thinks it doesn't matter what color you wear, they're all the same thing. Who is correct in this scenario?

a)

Margo is correct. Pink has no dark tones and so it promotes good reflection.

b)

Juan is correct. Black reflects all colors and is cooling to wear.

c)

Daphne is correct. White reflects all colors and is cooling to wear.

d)

Kewon is correct. All colors reflect the same amount of light. There is no temperature difference.

21.

How do animals and even some humans communicate using the reflection of sound waves?

a)

They use echolocation.

b)

They use resonance.

c)

They use sign language.

d)

They use thermal energy.

22.

The band room gets very loud while the students are playing. This can be distracting to classrooms down the hallway. The sound waves are able to bend around obstacles like the door which is why the sound carries down the hallway. What wave property is demonstrated in this example?

a)

Refraction

b)

Diffraction

c)

Reflection

d)

Absorption

23.

What is complete destructive interference?

a)

When 2 waves are moving in the same direction and the resulting amplitude is greater.

b)

When 2 waves are moving in the opposite direction and the resulting amplitude is greater.

c)

When 2 waves are moving in the same direction and the amplitude is missing.

d)

When 2 waves are moving in the opposite direction and the amplitude is zero.

24.

What is the new amplitude of the resulting wave at point K?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

25.

What type of interference is modeled here?

a)

Constructive interference

b)

Destructive interference

c)

Addition interference

d)

Subtraction interference

26.

What occurs when vibrations traveling through an object match the object's natural frequency? We use this to tune instruments and make sure their sounds match.

a)

Reflection

b)

Diffraction

c)

Resonance

d)

Refraction

27.

What unit is used to measure the intensity of sound waves? (measure of loudness)

a)

Amplitude

b)

Decibels (dB)

c)

Frequency

d)

Hertz (Hz)

28.

If a sound wave has a large amplitude, it will sound...

a)

Softer

b)

Louder

c)

In echos

d)

Muted

29.

Which person hears the police siren at a higher frequency?

a)

Person A

b)

Person B

c)

The officer in the car

d)

Both A and B hear the same frequency

30.

How are pitch and frequency related?

a)

Pitch and frequency are not related.

b)

The higher the frequency the lower the pitch

c)

The lower the frequency the higher the pitch

d)

The higher the frequency the higher the pitch

31.

If you are in the car and you start honking your horn at the person in the road as you go by, how will the Doppler effect change what you hear as you drive?

a)

The frequency will increase in the car.

b)

The frequency will decrease in the car.

c)

The frequency will stay the same in the car.

d)

The frequency will drop to zero.

32.

Please put the EM spectrum in order according to wavelength (longest to shortest).

a)

Micro, Radio, Visible, Inferred, X-Gamma, X-Ray, UV

b)

Gamma, X-Ray, UV, Visible, Infrared, Radio, Micro

c)

UV, Micro, X-Ray, Gamma, Inferred, Visible, Radio

d)

Radio, Micro, Infrared, Visible, UV, X-Ray, Gamma

33.

According to the model of the EM spectrum below, which type of radiation has a longer wavelength than x-rays, but a shorter wavelength than visible light?

a)

Infrared Radiation

b)

UV Radiation

c)

Microwaves

d)

Gamma Rays

34.

According to the model, please select which statement is true as you look left to right at the electromagnetic spectrum.

a)

From left to right, the energy decreases.

b)

From left to right, the wavelength increases.

c)

From left to right, the frequency decreases.

d)

From left to right, the frequency increases.

35.

Which type of radiation is the most dangerous, and has the highest frequency on the Electromagnetic spectrum?

a)

Radio waves

b)

Infrared waves

c)

Visible light

d)

Gamma waves

36.

Tv. /Radio

a)

Radio

b)

Micro

c)

Infrared

d)

Visible

e)

UV

37.

Tanning bed the sun

a)

Radio

b)

Micro

c)

Infrared

d)

Visible

e)

UV

38.

Heat Lamps Thermal Scope

a)

Radio

b)

Micro

c)

Infrared

d)

Visible

e)

UV

39.

What you can see ROY G. BIV

a)

Radio

b)

Micro

c)

Infrared

d)

Visible

e)

UV