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The distance from the peak of a wave to the adjacent wave is the _____.
a) amplitude
b) wavelength
Answer: b) wavelength
The time it takes for a wave to complete one cycle is the wave’s_____.
a) period
b) frequency
Answer: a) period
The number of times a wave cycle repeats each second is the _____ of the wave.
a) period
b) frequency
Answer: b) frequency
Any motion that repeats in a regular cycle is known as _____ motion.
a) simple harmonic
b) periodic
Answer: b) periodic
In _____ waves, the vibrations are both perpendicular and parallel to the direction the wave is traveling.
a) surface
b) longitudinal
Answer:a) surface
Which is an example of reflection?
a) waves bending as they move into shallow water
b) an echo
Answer:b) an echo
A spring bounces up and down once every 2 seconds. What is its period?
a) 2 seconds
b) 0.5 second
Answer:a) 2 seconds
_____ occurs when two or more waves move through a medium at the same time.
a) interference
b) resonance
Answer: a) interference
The rate of energy transfer for a particular wave is directly proportional to the _____.
a) amplitude
b) square of the amplitude
Answer: b) square of the amplitude
The bending of waves at the boundary of two different media is known as _____.
a) refraction
b) reflection
Answer: a) refraction
The distance between two consecutive points in phase
a) amplitude
b) wavelength
Answer: b) wavelength
A wave in which the vibration is at right angles to its direction of motion
a) transverse
b) longitudinal
Answer: a) transverse
The speed of a wave is equal to _____ times frequency.
a) period
b) wavelength
Answer: b) wavelength
The reciprocal of the frequency of a periodic wave is the _____.
a) period
b) wavelength
Answer: a) period
A spring bounces up and down once every 2 seconds. What is its frequency?
a) 2 Hz
b) 0.5 Hz
Answer:b) 0.5 Hz
The change in direction of a wave when it passes obliquely into another medium
a) refraction
b) diffraction
Answer: a) refraction
The period of a wave is 10 seconds. What is its frequency?
a) 0.1 seconds
b) 0.1 Hz
Answer: b) 0.1 Hz
The maximum distance that the crest rises above its rest position.
a) amplitude
b) wavelength
Answer: a) amplitude
The period of a pendulum depends on
a) mass
b) length of the pendulum
Answer: b) length of the pendulum
Caused by the superposition of waves that have displacements in opposite directions
a) constructive interference
b) destructive interference
Answer: b) destructive interference
Created when the period of a wave is equal to the time it takes for the wave to travel to a fixed point and back
a) standing wave
b) transverse wave
Answer: a) standing wave
A wave in which the vibration is parallel to the its direction of motion
a) transverse
b) longitudinal
Answer: b) longitudinal
What does the slope of the line on an F vs. x graph indicate?
a) work
b) spring constant
Answer: b) spring constant
The frequency of a wave depends on
a) the vibrating source
b) the medium it travel through
Answer: a) the vibrating source
An example of dispersion is
a) looking at yourself in a mirror
b) white light through a prism
Answer: b) white light through a prism
What does the area under the curve on a F vs. x graph indicate?
a) work
b) displacement
Answer: a) work
Which of the following is an example of resonance
a) the Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster
b) the bending of water waves around a pier
Answer: a) the Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster
You place a pencil in a glass of water and it appears to bend. This is an example
a) diffraction
b) refraction
Answer: b) refraction
True or false: The amplitude of a wave is measured from highest to lowest point.
a) true
b) false
Answer: b) false
The law of reflection states the angle of incidence _____ the angle of reflection.
a) is greater than
b) is equal to
Answer: b) is equal to