Transverse And Longitudinal Waves Quiz
- 1.Forces can cause waves by
- A.
Canceling them out
- B.
Moving large amounts of matter
- C.
Creating disturbances
- D.
Providing a medium
- 2.Roads can be bent or broken far away from an earthquake;s center. This shows that earthquake waves
- A.
Move rocks away from the center
- B.
Are longitudinal waves
- C.
Raise and lower the ground level near the center
- D.
Transfer energy over a distance
- 3.Which of the following is an example of a longitudinal wave?
- A.
A sound wave
- B.
A wave made by a moving rope
- C.
A wave made by dipping your hand in a pond
- D.
An ocean wave
- 4.At the beach, Paula measures how many wave crests reach the shore in a given time. She is finding the wave;s
- A.
Amplitude
- B.
Frequency
- C.
Speed
- D.
Wavelength
- 5.Martin wants to know the wavelength of the wve made when he dips his finger into a pond. What should he measure?
- A.
The speed at which the wave travels
- B.
The number of troughs he sees in one second
- C.
The height of each crest
- D.
The distance between one trough and the next
- 6.A wave has a wave length of 20 m and a frequeny of 4 wavelengths/s. What is the wave's speed?
- A.
5 m/s
- B.
16 m/s
- C.
24 m/s
- D.
80 m/s
- 7.Will shouts "Hello" in a canyon. The sound bounces back to him as an echo. This is an example of a wave
- A.
Being reflected
- B.
Being refracted
- C.
Being diffracted
- D.
Interfering with another wave
- 8.Refractions happens when a wave
- A.
Strikes a barrier
- B.
Passes through a small opening
- C.
Meets another wave
- D.
Moves from one medium to another
- 9.One example of diffraction is a
- A.
Wave in a pond spreading as it passes a rock
- B.
Light wave bouncing off a mirror
- C.
Speaker producing sound waves
- D.
Straw in a glass of water appearing to be split
- 10.Ronda put two speakers in her room. In one place, the sound was much quieter than in the rest of the room. What might cause this?
- A.
Constructive interference
- B.
Destructive interference
- C.
Diffraction
- D.
Reflection
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