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waves revision year 9

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which wave has the lowest frequency?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

Which letter represents the crest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

What travels through a wave?

a)

mass

b)

energy

c)

mass and energy

d)

neither mass nor energy

4.

Which is an example of a longitudinal wave?

a)

x ray

b)

microwave

c)

sound wave

d)

water wave

5.

The two waves have different...

a)

amplitudes

b)

speeds

c)

wavelengths

d)

frequencies

6.

Which letter represents the trough?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

Amplitude is the distance between

a)

the crest and the trough

b)

each wave

c)

the middle point of a wave and the clouds

d)

the crest or trough and the middle point of the wave

8.

The distance from one crest to the next crest in a wave is

a)

wavelength

b)

crest

c)

trough

d)

amplitude

9.
The frequency of a wave is measured in __________________. 
a)
inches
b)
hertz
c)
periods
d)
eras
10.
What number represents the wavelength?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.

The highest point on a wave is:

a)

the crest

b)

the trough

c)

the top

d)

the coast

12.

Which word is used to identify the distance between points C & G?

a)

Amplitude

b)

Crest

c)

Frequency

d)

Wavelength

13.

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
16.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast 
17.
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
a)
Longitudinal waves
b)
Transverse waves
c)
Sound waves
d)
P-waves
18.
Which wave is pictured?
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
c)
Both
d)
Neither
19.
Sound needs a medium to travel through.  What is a medium?
a)
solid, liquid, gas
b)
open space
c)
waves
d)
nothing
20.

a disturbance caused by energy moving through a system in a cyclical pattern

a)

Wave

b)

Amplitude

c)

Frequency

d)

Speed

21.

How fast the wave is moving through a medium

a)

wave speed

b)

wavelength

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

22.

When a wave bounces off of something and moves in a different direction

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorption

d)

propagation

23.

when a wave is bent by traveling from one medium to another

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

absorption

d)

propagation

24.
How does light behave as it enters these mediums?
a)
continue its path as straight line.
b)
bends toward the normal
c)
bends away from the normal
d)
reflects
25.
Swimming pools and the ocean look shallower than they really are due to:
a)
reflection 
b)
dispersion
c)
refraction
d)
total internal reflection
26.

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water. The pencil appears broken because light

a)

always travels in a straight line.

b)

bends when it passes through water.

c)

makes the water in the glass evaporate.

d)

reflects the pencil on the water's surface.

27.
What is the difference between reflection and refraction? 
a)
Both involve light bending through a medium
b)
Reflection is light bouncing off a medium's surface and refraction is light bending through a medium
c)
Reflection is light bending through a medium's surface and refraction is light bouncing off a medium
d)
Refraction is light being absorbed in a medium and reflection is light being bent through a different medium
28.
One end of the rope is vibrated to produce a wave with a wavelength of .25 m.  The Frequency of the wave is 3.0 Hz.  What is the speed of the wave?
a)
3.00 m/s
b)
2.50 m/s
c)
.75 m/s
d)
1.25 m/s
29.

How many wavelengths are in this image?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

30.
 A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
a)
500 m/s
b)
50 m/s
c)
5 m/s
d)
0.5 m/s
31.
 A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
a)
25 m
b)
125 m
c)
5 m
d)
25 m/s
32.
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
a)
34 m/s
b)
3400 Hz
c)
3400 m/s
d)
34 Hz
33.

A guitar string vibrates with a frequency of 320 Hz. If the wavelength of the vibration is 0.23 meters what is the speed of the wave?

a)

320.23 m/s

b)

1391.3 hz

c)

73.6 m/hz

d)

73.6 m/s

34.

A wave with a frequency of 15 Hz has a wavelength of 3 m. What is the speed of this wave?

a)

0.2 m/s

b)

18 m/s

c)

5 m/s

d)

45 m/s

35.

A wave traveling at 230 m/s has a wavelength of 2.1 meters. What is the frequency of this wave?

a)

110 Hz

b)

110 m/s

c)

483 Hz

d)

483 m/s

36.

A wave has a frequency of 540 Hz and is traveling at 340 m/s. What is its wavelength?

a)

200 m

b)

0.63 m

c)

1.6 m

d)

183600 m

37.

A wave has a wavelength of 0.5 meters and a frequency of 120 Hz. What is the wave’s speed?

a)

240 m/s

b)

0.004 m/s

c)

30 m/s

d)

60 m/s

38.

Which is NOT a measurement of speed?

a)

50 km/hr

b)

500 Hz

c)

20 m/s

d)

30 mi/hr

39.

Which of the following could be a wavelength measurement?

a)

20 cm

b)

5 m/s

c)

440 Hz

d)

0.2 m/min

40.

Which of the following units is used to measure frequency?

a)

cm (centimeters)

b)

m (meters)

c)

Hz (hertz)

d)

m/s (meters per second)