1. A note of 500 Hz travels through a solid.

If the velocity of sound in the solid is 5000 m/s, the

wavelength is _____.
a. 2 m
b. 5.0 m
c. 10 m
d. 30 m
2. The frequency of a tuning fork that vibrates 2000 times in 4 s is _____.
a. 1000 Hz
b. 250 Hz
c. 750 Hz
d. 500 Hz
3. The type of wave shown is a _____ wave.

a. Transverse
b. Refracted
c. Longitudinal
d. Light
4. The material that a wave travels through is called _____.
a. Refraction
b. Medium
c. Reflection
d. Speed
5.

a. Transverse
b. Refracted
c. Longitudinal
d. Light


6. What property of waves is shown in the animation?

a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Diffraction
d. Interference
7. Which of the following is not a type of electromagnetic wave?
a. Sound
b. Red light
c. Gamma rays
d. Microwaves
8. Points A and F on the wave are ______.

a. Amplitude
b. Crest
c. Wavelength
d. Trough
9. Points B, E, G, and J on the wave are _____

a. Amplitude
b. Crest
c. Wavelength
d. Trough
10. Points D and I on the wave are ____.

a. Amplitude
b. Crest
c. Wavelength
d. Trough
11. The distance between A and F is the _____.

a. Amplitude
b. Crest
c. Wavelength
d. Trough
12. The distance from the dotted line to point A, or the distance from the dotted line to point D is
known as the _____.

a. Period
b. Crest
c. Wavelength
d. Trough
13. This image is an example of _____.

a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Penumbra
d. A broken straw
14. What kind of interference is shown?

a. Destructive
b. Constructive
c. Refraction
d. Reflection
15. In this example of constructive interference, what increases?

a. Wavelength
b. Frequency
c. Speed
d. Amplitude
16. The period of a simple pendulum depends upon the acceleration of gravity and what properties
of the pendulum?
a. Density
b. Length
c. Mass
d. None of the above
17. Waves transfer _____ from a source to a receiver?
a. Energy
b. Mass
c. Matter
d. Atoms
18. If the frequency of a wave is 24 Hz and the wavelength is 10 m, the waves speed is _____.
a. 0.8 m/s
b. 1.5 m/s
c. 120 m/s
d. 240 m/s
19. When a crest on one wave overlaps a trough on another, there is _____.
a. Constructive interference
b. A Doppler effect
c. A blue shift
d. Destructive interference
20. Which of the following frequency ranges can most humans hear?
a. 20 Hz to 200 Hz
b. 200 Hz to 2, 000 Hz
c. 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz
d. None of the above
21. If you were listening to 96.3 FM (96.3 MHz on the radio), what is this radio stations
wavelength?
a. 0.33 m
b. 1.5 m
c. 3.1 m
d. 96.3 m
22. If the particles of the medium are vibrating to and fro in the same direction of enery transport,
then the wave is a ____ wave.
a. Longitudinal
b. Sound
c. Standing
d. Transverse
23. When the particles of a medium are vibrating at right angles to the direction of energy
transport, then the wave is a ____ wave.
a. Longitudinal
b. Sound
c. Standing
d. Transverse
24. A transverse wave is travelling through a medium. See diagram below. The particles of the
medium are vibrating _____.

a. parallel to the line joining AD.
b. along the line joining CI.
c. perpendicular to the line joining AD.
d. at various angles to the line CI.
e. along the curve CAEJGBI.


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