Name: _________________________

Physics Quiz #1
1. ___________________What type of wave is this:
2. ___________________What type of wave is this:
3. ___________________ What type of wave is a sound wave?
4. ___________________ What type of wave is a light wave?

Label the parts of the wave below:

(wavelength, crest, amplitude, trough)

9. What kind of wave is the wave above? _______________________________

10. What do waves carry? _________________________
11. The ______________________ of a wave depends on the medium it is traveling through.
12. What is the type of electromagnetic radiation with the highest amount of energy?
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13. What is the type of electromagnetic radiation with the lowest amount of energy?
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Label the parts of the wave:
(compression, rarefaction)

16. What kind of wave is the wave above? ___________________________________

17. How are sound waves and light waves different? (2 ways)
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Using the figures below, answer the following questions:

18. Which figure has the greatest amplitude? __________________________________

19. Which figure has the highest frequency? ___________________________________
20. Which figure has the longest wavelenght? __________________________________
21. Which figure has the shortest wavelength? _________________________________
22. Increasing the amount of energy makes the wavelenth of a wave (shorter or longer)
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23. A wave has a wavelength of 20 cm and a frequency or 10 waves/ second. What is the speed
of the wave? _______________________________________________
24. The speed of a wave on a rope is 100 cm/s and it’s wavelength is 20 cm. What is its
frequency?
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25. A wave is traveling at a speed of 200 m/s and has a frequency of 10 waves/second. What is
the length of the wave? _______________________________

Bonus: What are the only non-mechanical waves?

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