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Introduction To Waves
Test Description: A review of chapter 4 lesson 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is NOT an example of a wave?
A
sitting still at your desk
B
Waving your hand to get Mrs. Mitchell's attention
C
talking to your friend
D
clapping your hands at a Thunder game
2) What do waves transfer or carry?
A
energy
B
atoms
C
mass
D
matter
3) What is the difference between mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves?
A
Mechanical waves can move through anything while electromagnetic waves need certain matter to travel through
B
Nothing, they are completely the same.
C
Mechanical waves travel only through matter while electromagnetic waves can travel through empty space
D
Mechanical waves travel through certain types of matter while electromagnetic waves travel through all matter.
4) Which of the these are NOT a mechanical wave?
A
music from the orchestra
B
earthquake
C
dropping a rock in water
D
energy from the sun
5) What is an example of electromagnetic wave?
A
shaking sand off a towel
B
jumping rope
C
water waves
D
satellite emissions
6) What is it called when the distrubance moves perpendicular to the direction the wave moves is called ___________.
A
amplitude
B
transverse
C
longitudinal
D
both longitudinal and transverse
7) Which is an example of a transverse wave?
A
breeze blowing a flag
B
knocking on a door
C
you stretching a rubber band back and forth
D
music traveling from the headphones to your ear
8) What is it called when a disturbance moves parallel to the direction of the wave travels?
A
transverse
B
both longitudinal and transverse
C
longitudinal
D
amplitude
9) What is an example of longitudinal wave?
A
sound traveling through the air
B
jumping rope
C
flag blowing in the breeze
D
water waves
10) What does the disturbance look like if a wave travels both in a longitudinal and transverse direction AT THE SAME time?
A
circles
B
not moving
C
up and down
D
side to side
11) What is amplitude?
A
the maximum distance a wave varies from its highest point
B
the maximum distance a wave varies from its rest position
C
how fast a wave passes a point in 1 second
D
the maximum distance a wave varies from its lowest point
12) Why is the sound of a knock on the door not as loud to the person inside as it is to you?
A
Because some of the energy of you knocking is reflected and bounces back to your ears
B
Because some of the energy goes through the door to the other person's ears
C
all of the above
D
Because some of the sound energy is absorbed by the particles of the door
13) What is an example of absorption?
A
cell phone ringtone is muffled because it is in a pocket
B
hearing a cell phone ring in another classroom
C
the cell phone ringing
D
straw looking bent in a glass of water
14) What is an example of transmission?
A
hearing a cell phone ring in another classroom
B
cell phone ringtone is muffled because it is in a pocket
C
the cell phone ringing
D
straw looking bent in a glass of water
15) What is an example of reflection?
A
hearing a cell phone ring in another classroom
B
cell phone ringtone is muffled because it is in a pocket
C
straw looking bent in a glass of water
D
the cell phone ringing
16) What is an example of refraction?
A
straw looking bent in a glass of water
B
hearing a cell phone ring in another classroom
C
the cell phone ringing
D
cell phone ringtone is muffled because it is in a pocket
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