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WorksheetsSYBsc Major Mechanical Waves
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Mechanical waves require:
Medium for propagation
Vacuum only
No medium
Only gases
Longitudinal waves have particle motion:
Perpendicular to wave direction
Parallel to wave direction
Circular
No motion
Sound waves in air are:
Transverse
Longitudinal
Electromagnetic
Standing waves
Transverse waves propagate due to:
Compression only
Shear/elastic restoring force
Heat
Pressure difference only
Beats are produced due to:
Interference of two waves with slightly different amplitudes
Interference of two waves with slightly different frequencies
Resonance only
Reflection
Amplitude represents:
Speed of wave
Maximum displacement from mean position
Number of waves per second
Direction of wave
Time period is:
Number of oscillations per second
Time taken for one complete oscillation
Maximum displacement
Wave speed
Frequency is the:
Time for one oscillation
Number of oscillations per second
Maximum displacement
Wave velocity
Phase difference of 2π rad corresponds to:
Half cycle difference
In phase
Opposite phase
Quarter cycle difference
Stationary waves are formed due to:
Reflection and superposition
Diffraction only
Refraction only
Polarization
In a stationary wave, nodes are points of:
Maximum displacement
Zero displacement
Constant velocity
Maximum energy
In a stationary wave, antinodes are points of:
Zero displacement
Maximum displacement
Zero energy
No motion
The speed of mechanical waves depends on:
Frequency only
Medium properties
Amplitude
Phase
Beats frequency formula is:
f1 + f2
|f1 – f2|
2(f1 + f2)
f1 × f2
Transverse waves cannot travel in:
solids
liquids
gases
both liquids and gases
The distance between two consecutive crests is:
amplitude
frequency
wavelength
time period
Phase difference of π rad corresponds to:
in phase
out of phase (opposite)
quarter cycle difference
zero difference
In longitudinal waves, compressions are regions of:
low pressure
high pressure
zero density
constant energy
The equation v = fλ represents:
wave energy
wave speed
amplitude change
frequency ratio
Stationary waves do not transfer:
matter
energy
phase
frequency
