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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true for sound waves?
They require a medium.
They are unrelated to vibrations.
They cannot travel through liquids
They can travel in a vacuum
- 2. Multiple Choice
A student asks a series of questions about a wave. The answer to which question will allow the student to determine whether the wave is electromagnetic or mechanical?
Does it require a medium in order to travel?
Can it pass through air and water?
Does it have a measurable speed?
Does it have a measurable frequency?
- 3. Multiple Choice
How do electromagnetic and mechanical waves compare?
Mechanical waves can only travel through a vacuum, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas.
Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a gas.
Mechanical waves can only travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum.
Mechanical waves can travel through a solid, liquid, or gas, but electromagnetic waves can only travel through a solid.
- 4. Multiple Choice
A student is measuring the distance between the crest and the rest position of both a mechanical wave and an electromagnetic wave. Which question is the student trying to answer?
What is the speed of the waves?
What is the amplitude of the waves?
What is the wavelength of the waves?
What is the frequency of the waves?
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which distance represents the wavelength?
W
X
Y
Z
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which distance represents the amplitude?
W
X
Y
Z
- 7. Multiple Choice
What do radio waves, microwaves, X-rays, and gamma rays all have in common?
They all have the same wavelength.
They are electromagnetic waves.
They are detected in the same way.
They store the same amount of energy.
- 8. Multiple Choice
How many wavelengths separate point A and point B?
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
- 9. Multiple Choice
Point A represents what?
Trough
Midpoint
Crest
node
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich wave has a greater frequency?AB
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is measured from crest to crest or trough to trough?
mediums
resting position
wavelength
origin
- 12. Multiple Choice
If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to the wavelength?
increases
decreases
stays the same
- 13. Multiple Choice
If a wave has a greater frequency, what happens to number of waves per second?
increases
decreases
stays the same
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the amplitude of this wave?
2
3
6
10
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the wavelength of this wave?
1
2
3
4
- 16. Multiple Choice
What property does the orange arrow (A) represent?
Crest
Trough
Wavelength
- 17. Multiple Choice
This sound has high pitch, which means it has a higher frequency. This means when you hear the sound...
More waves hit your ears per second
Bigger waves hit your ears
Less waves hit your ears per second
Longer waves hit your ears
- 18. Multiple Choice
A disturbance that transfers energy from place to place through matter or space
wave
position
time
protein
- 19. Multiple Choice
How are Electromagnetic waves different from Mechanical waves?
EM waves have very short wavelengths
EM waves transmit energy instead of matter
EM waves can travel through the vacuum of space (without particles)
EM waves can change direction by reflection
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of wave is pictured below?compressional wavetransverse wavesound wavemechanical wave
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWaves are a transfer of what?HeatLightEnergyFood
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe units for frequency are measured in _____________.hertzsecondsm/sm
- 23. Multiple ChoiceA wave has frequency of 50 Hz and a wavelength of 10 m. What is the speed of the wave?500 m/s50 m/s5 m/s0.5 m/s
- 24. Multiple ChoiceA wave has wavelength of 10 m and a speed of 340 m/s. What is the frequency of the wave?34 m/s3400 Hz3400 m/s34 Hz
- 25. Multiple Choice
Select the correct order of waves on the EMS from low to high energy
Radio, Micro, Infra, Visible, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
Gamma, X-ray, Ultra, Vis, Infra, Micro, Radio
Vis, Micro, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma, Radio
Micro, Radio, Vis, Infra, Ultra, X-ray, Gamma
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which has the LONGEST wavelength and, therefore, the LOWEST frequency/energy
Gamma Rays
Ultraviolet
Visible Light
Infrared rays
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which type of EM waves has the shortest wavelength?
radio wave
visible light
gamma ray
ultraviolet
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which electromagnetic wave possesses the least energy?
microwave
radio wave
infrared
gamma ray
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich wave in the diagram has the greatest frequency?1234
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following can sound travel through?solidliquidgasall of the above
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of light has the highest energy of this group?redyellowgreenblue
- 32. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of light has the smallest frequency of this group?redyellowgreenblue
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThis color in the visible part of the spectrum has the lowest energy.BlueGreenRedViolet
- 34. Multiple ChoiceThis color in the visible part of the spectrum has the highest energy.BlueRedVioletYellow
- 35. Multiple ChoiceThis color in the visible part of the spectrum has the smallest wavelength.BlueRedVioletYellow
- 36. Multiple ChoiceThis color in the visible part of the spectrum has the largest frequency.OrangeYellowBlueGreen
- 37. Multiple Choice
Electromagnetic waves vary in
the speed they travel in a vacuum.
wavelength and frequency.
the way they reflect.
the orientation of their electric and magnetic fields.
- 38. Multiple Choice
The full range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation is called
visible light.
radio waves.
the electromagnetic spectrum.
invisible radiation.
- 39. Multiple Choice
The _______________ determines the color of visible light.
wavelength (and frequency)
speed
amplitude
particles of the medium
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following has wavelengths longer than microwaves?Infrared wavesRadio wavesVisible light
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