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Waves Review
Test Description: Review of properties of waves
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What the maximum distance a point on the wave is away from its rest position called?
A
Crest
B
Amplitude
C
Wavelength
D
Frequency
2) The number of waves that pass a point in a given amount of time is called the?
A
Frequency
B
Trough
C
Pitch
D
Amplitude
3) The bottom of a wave is called?
A
The frequency
B
The trough
C
The crest
D
The wave
4) What is the wavelength?
A
How many times a wave passes a certain point in a given time
B
How tall the wave is
C
The distance from the crest of one wave to the crest of the following wave
D
A complete cycle of a wave
5) What unit is used to describe frequency?
A
Meters (M)
B
Hertz (Hz)
C
Grams (g)
D
Milliliters (mL)
6) What is the medium that sound waves travel through when you talk out loud
A
Water
B
Air
C
Copper
D
Chlorine
7) Adjusting the amplitude of a wave changes what?
A
Frequency
B
Loudness
C
Wavelength
D
Pitch
8) Increasing the frequency will have what affect on a wave?
A
Decrease the wavelength
B
Increase the wavelength
C
Decrease the pitch
D
Decrease the amplitude
9) What is a longitudinal wave?
A
a wave in which the motion of the medium is in the same direction as the wave.
B
a wave in which the motion of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
C
a longer wave
D
a wave that does not need a medium to travel
10) What is a transverse wave?
A
a wave in which the motion of the medium is perpendicular to the direction of the wave.
B
a wave that has no amplitude
C
a wave that does not need a medium to travel
D
a wave in which the motion of the medium is in the same direction as the wave.
11) What is a rarefaction?
A
the maximum distance a point is moved from its rest position when a wave passes through.
B
a substance through which waves can travel.
C
a part of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are spread apart.
D
the number of times something occurs in a given period of time.
12) What is a compression?
A
a part of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are spread apart.
B
the number of times something occurs in a given period of time.
C
a part of a longitudinal wave where the particles in the medium are pushed together.
D
the maximum distance a point is moved from its rest position when a wave passes through.
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