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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is transported by a wave?
air
energy
matter
particles
- 2. Multiple Choice
A transverse wave is traveling through an unknown medium as shown in the diagram. How are the particles of the medium vibrating?
parallel to the y-axis
parallel to region R
Parallel to the x-axis
Parallel to Region Q
- 3. Multiple Choice
Lance and Kasi conduct an activity using a slinky. Lance fixes one end of the slinky against a fixed support. He then moves the slinky back and forth, as shown.
Kasi sees the wave moving towards the fixed support. What is true for this mechanical wave?
It transmits energy only
It transmits matter only
It transmits both matter and energy
It transmits both energy and a medium
- 4. Multiple Choice
What kind of wave requires the particles of a medium to vibrate and transfer energy?
infrared light wave
Radio Wave
Seismic Wave
Visible light wave
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which wave is classified as a mechanical wave?
microwave
infrared wave
sound wave
radio wave
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which type of wave can be a longitudinal wave?
light waves
seismic wave
electromagnetic wave
surface ocean waves
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which list below includes mechanical waves only?
seismic waves, sound waves, and water waves
radio waves, sound waves, waves in a rope
infrared rays, ultraviolet rays, visible light
seismic waves, microwaves and x-rays
- 8. Multiple Choice
An undersea earthquake centered 1000 miles off the coast of Hawaii creates a tsunami headed toward the Hawaiian coast. This tsunami encounters a fishing boat 500 miles from the coast. What will happen to the boat?
The tsunami will pick up the boat at its current position and carry the boat on its crest all the way into the coast.
The tsunami will carry the boat toward the coast for many miles, but because the boat is so large, the wave canot carry it all the way to shore.
The boat will be lifted up as the wave passes beneath it, and then be pushed many miles from the coast.
The boat will bob up and down as the wave passes beneath it, but the wave will not carry the boat either toward or away from shore.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows a readout from a device that measures sound waves.
How should these waves be described?
mechanical longitudinal
compressional electromagnetic
compressional transverse
mechanical transverse
- 10. Multiple Choice
A student listed some properties of waves.
Which properties did the student list incorrectly?
3 and 2
4 and 1
2 and 4
1 and 3
- 11. Multiple Choice
Examine the wave.
Which region on this wave would correspond to rarefaction?
W
X
Y
Z
- 12. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows a cartoon of a sound wave produced while a student is speaking.
What happens to the sound wave when the student speaks louder?
The amplitude increases
the wavelength will double
the speed will increase
the amplitude will decrease
- 13. Multiple Choice
This diagram shows two different ways to represent longitudinal waves.
Which letter corresponds to rarefaction in the waves?
Z
X
W
Y
- 14. Multiple Choice
What type of waves might experience rarefaction?
rope rays
x-rays
Sound Waves
infrared rays
- 15. Multiple Choice
Two sound waves of different frequencies interfere and produce a resulting waveform shown with four points (W, X, Y, and Z) marked on the new wave.
At which point will the sound be the loudest ?
W
X
Y
Z
- 16. Multiple Choice
The students in the diagram are communicating with the cans and string.
Which is the most likely explanation of how the students can hear and communicate using the objects?
A Mechanical Wave transfers sound through the string
sound bounces off the can and echoes
sound travels through the string as an electromagnetic wave
Transverse wave transfers sound through rope
- 17. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows a research vessel using sonar to map the ocean floor.
Upon which basic behavior of sound waves does this technology depend?
absorption
compression
reflection
refraction
- 18. Multiple Choice
As any type of wave travels through a medium, what is true about the particles in the medium?
The particles of the medium move in a straight line and are carried with the wave.
the particles of the medium move up and down and are carried with the wave.
The particles of the medium are not carried along with the wave
the particles of the medium move back and forth and are carried with the wave.
- 19. Multiple Choice
A boy has a cork on his fishing line in a lake. His brother throws a rock in the lake near where he is fishing, and the waves created from the rock splashing cause the boy's cork to bob up and down for over a minute. What is the medium for the waves in this scenario?
the cork
the water
the rock
the fishing line
- 20. Multiple Choice
Through which medium is it impossible to transmit sound waves?
space
rock
air
water
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