What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
amplitude
crest
trough
wavelength
2. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
amplitude
crest
trough
wavelength
3. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The highest point on a wave is:
the crest
the trough
the top
the coast
4. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The lowest point on a wave is the:
Amplitude
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
5. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The type of waves that require medium to pass:
Mechanical Waves
Electromagnetic Waves
6. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
What types of waves carry energy at a right angle or perpendicular to the direction of the energy flow?
Longitudinal waves
Transverse waves
Sound waves
P-waves
7. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What do waves carry from place to place?
Energy, but not matter or particles
Energy and matter or particles
Matter or particles but not energy
Neither energy nor matter or particles
8. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
The most dense part of a longitudinal wave.
Density
Compression
Rarefaction
Amplitude
9. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What are the parts of a longitudinal wave?
Compressions and rarefactions
Crests and troughs
Compressions and crests
Rarefactions and troughs
10. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Which wave is pictured?
Transverse
Longitudinal
Both
Neither
11. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Sound is an example of which type of wave?
Transverse
Longitudinal
Both
Neither
12. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
How would you describe the movement of a transverse wave?
Up and down
Back and forth
In zigzags
Linear
13. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Light is an example of which type of wave?
Transverse
Longitudinal
Both
Neither
14. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Which wave travels parallel in relation to a medium?
Transverse
Longitudinal
Both
Neither
15. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Sound needs a medium to travel through. What is a medium?
solid, liquid, gas
open space
waves
nothing
16. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Waves that require a medium are called
mechanical waves
transverse waves
light waves
gamma rays
17. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What do we call the part of a compressional wave that is when the waves are squeezed together?
compression
rarefaction
crest
trough
18. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
When wavelength increases, what happens to the frequency?
it increases
it decreases
it stays the same
19. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
What is the speed of a wave that has a wavelength of 2 and a frequency of 2.5?
2.5 m/s
5 m/s
4.5 m/s
6 m/s
20. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Which wave has a longer wavelength?
wave C
wave D
21. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which wave has a greater frequency?
wave B
wave C
22. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which wave has the most energy?
top wave
bottom wave
23. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
The number of wavelengths that pass a point each per second is:
frequency
period
longitudinal
transverse wave
24. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Which is the correct equation for calculating the speed of a wave?
T = 1/f
Speed= Wavelength x Period
Speed = Wavelength/Frequency
Speed= Wavelength x Frequency
25. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
When the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to the wavelength?
The wavelength is not directly affected by the frequency of a wave.
The wavelength increases.
The wavelength decreases.
More specific information is needed to form a conclusion about the wavelength.
26. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?
1
2
3
4
27. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
Which wave in the diagram has the greatest wavelength?
1
2
3
4
28. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
1. A wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?
500 m/s
50 m/s
5 m/s
0.5 m/s
29. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
1. A wave has frequency of 5 Hz and a speed of 25 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
25 m
125 m
5 m
25 m/s
30. Multiple Choice
15 minutes
1 pt
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?
34 m/s
3400 Hz
3.4 Hz
34 Hz
31. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
High frequency waves have _________ wavelengths.
varying
long
the same
short
32. Multiple Choice
20 seconds
1 pt
What are the units of frequency?
m/s
s
Hz
m
33. Multiple Choice
3 minutes
1 pt
The relationship between wavelength and frequency is λ=c/f. Calculate the wavelength of light that has a frequency of 5.2 x 1012 1/s. The speed of of light is 3.0x 108 m/s.
5.8 x 10 -5 m
5.8 x 10 -7 m
5.19 x 10 14 m
1.56 x 10 23 m
34. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How many waves are in this wave chain?
6
3
4
5
35. Multiple Choice
1 minute
1 pt
A wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?