Waves Worksheet

A wave has a speed of 300 m/s and a wavelength of 100 m, what is the frequency?

• 300 Hz

• 100 Hz

• 3 Hz

• 10 Hz

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What is a medium?

• something between a small and a large?

• the substance through which a wave can travel

• a pattern of vibration that simulates when a wave is standing still

• the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave

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The highest point on a wave

• trough

• amplitude

• crest

• wavelength

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Compressions are...

• associated with transverse waves

• associated with longitudinal waves

• light waves

• visible light

Wave height

• frequency

• wavelength

• amplitude

• wave speed

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The distance between 2 crests or troughs

• wavelength

• amplitude

• frequency

• wave speed

What are the ways that light rays (waves) can travel?

• absorption

• reflection

• transmission

• refraction

• All of the above

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True or False: Transverse waves are parallel and Longitudinal waves are perpendicular?

• True

• False

Label each part of the picture

• reflection

• transmission

• refractions

• absorption

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A light wave from the sun shines through the atmosphere, into the window of a house, and through a plastic fish tank. In which of the following mediums would the light waves travel the fastest?

• The air in the atmosphere

• The glass in the window

• The water in the fish tank

• The plastic fish tank

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