Year 9 - Waves Quiz

What carries energy from one place to another?

• Waves

• Amplitude

• Frequency

• Crest

What is the name given to the substance that waves travel through?

• Medium

• Object

• Transverse Wave

• Wavelength

Which of these waves do NOT require a medium?

• ocean waves

• seismic waves

• sound waves

• light waves

A wave can make a leaf bob up and down on the water, but it cannot move the leaf toward the shore. This is because waves only transfer ..............................

• matter

• energy

• media

• crests

How are sound and light waves similar?

• both transmit energy

• both require a medium

• neither require a medium

• both transmit matter

What kind of wave is pictured?

• compressional wave

• transverse wave

• sound wave

• mechanical wave

In a transverse wave, how do the particles move?

• They don't move

• Sideways

• Up and down

• In a square

Which transverse wave has the highest frequency?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

As the wavelength of the wave increases, the frequency ..........................

• decreases

• increases

• fluxuates

• remains the same

What type of wave has particles that move perpendicular to the direction the wave is traveling?

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Transverse Waves

• Medium

• Light Waves