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Test Description: Test on waves
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What does amplitude measure?
A
How tall a wave is and, therefore, how much energy it carries
B
How far apart waves are
C
How often a wave occurs
D
How long it takes one wave to pass
2) Which wave property measures the distance between waves?
A
Frequency
B
Wavelength
C
Period
D
Speed
3) What is the Doppler Effect?
A
A change in the amplitude of a wave due to some difference in speed between the source and the observer.
B
A change in the frequency of a wave due to some difference in speed between the source and the observer.
C
A change in the frequency of a wave due to some difference in position between the source and the observer.
D
A change in the amplitude of a wave due to some difference in position between the source and the observer.
4) A wave travels from left to right, but its particles oscillate up and down. What kind of wave is this?
A
Heat
B
Transverse
C
Gravitational
D
Longitudinal
5) A wave travels from left to right, and its particles oscillate in the same direction. What type of wave is this?
A
Electromagnetic
B
Transverse
C
Longitudinal
D
Gravitational
6) What is the major difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves?
A
Electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum, but mechanical waves cannot,
B
Electromagnetic waves need a medium to travel through, but a mechanical wave does not.
C
Electromagnetic waves are longitudinal and mechanical waves are transverse
D
Electromagnetic waves are transverse and mechanical are longitudinal
7) Which of the following properly lists the states of matter a wave would travel through from fastest to slowest?
A
Gas, solid, liquid
B
Solid, liquid, gas
C
Liquid, gas, solid
D
Solid, gas, liquid
8) What is the formula for wave speed?
A
frequency x wavelength
B
frequency x amplitude
C
frequency x time
D
frequency x period
9) What is a wave's period?
A
how long the wave is
B
how frequently a wave happens
C
how far the wave moves from rest
D
How long it takes a wave to happen
10) A transverse wave is best identified by its...
A
crests an troughs
B
northand south poles
C
compressions and rarefactions
D
positive and negative charges
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