Waves review practice questions

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1. The diagram shown represents four waves traveling

to the right in the same transmitting medium. 4. Which wave has the greatest amplitude?

A. A B. B C. C D. D

5. Which characteristic is determined by the source

Which type of wave is represented?
of a wave train and will not change when the
wave passes into another medium?
A. elliptical B. longitudinal

C. torsional D. transverse A. frequency B. wavelength

C. velocity D. amplitude

2. Within a vacuum, the property common to all

electromagnetic waves is their

A. amplitude B. frequency 6. The pattern shown was recorded by a tape timer.

The space between the dots represents 0.02 second.
C. wavelength D. velocity What is the frequency of the timer?

A. 0.02 cycle/sec

B. 5 cycles/sec
3. The diagram shown represents four waves traveling C. 50 cycles/sec
to the right in the same transmitting medium.
D. 500 cycles/sec

7. Which waves require a medium for transmission?

Which wave has the greatest frequency? A. light waves B. radio waves

A. A B. B C. C D. D C. sound waves D. cosmic waves

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8. Which part of the longitudinal waveform shown 12. Which type of wave is classified as longitudinal?
represents a rarefaction?

A. water B. radio C. sound D. light

A. A B. B C. C D. D 13. Water drips from a faucet at the rate of 150 drops

in 120 seconds. What is the period?

A. 0.80 sec B. 1.3 sec

C. 75 sec D. 300 sec

9. Which area of the longitudinal waveform area best
represents the wavelength of the wave shown?

A. A and B B. B and C
14. The diagram here represents four waves traveling
C. C, only D. D to the right in the same transmitting medium.

10. In the wave diagram shown, one wavelength is the

distance from point A to which point?

A. E B. B

C. C D. D

Which wave has the greatest frequency?

A. A B. B C. C D. D
11. The diagram here represents a light ray being
reflected from a plane mirror. From the data given
in the diagram, what is the angle of reflection?

◦
A. 10 15. In the diagram shown, which distance represents
◦ one wavelength?
B. 40
◦
C. 50 A. A to B
◦
D. 100 B. A to C

C. B to D

D. B to L
16. If the angle of the angle of
incidence of a reflection is
◦
light ray is 30 ,

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 A. 30
◦
B. 45
◦ dropped into
still water. What 19. As a wave C. transverse D.
does the travels into a di torsional
collection of erent medium
points on the with a change
outermost circle in direction,
represent? there will be a
change in the
wave's

◦ A. speed 21. Which diagram

C. 60 D. frequency
◦ best
90 represents a
A. a wave front C. period
periodic wave
B. phase
wavelength traveling
though a
C. the frequency uniform
D. the period medium?

17. The diagrams

A.

20. If a disturbance
is parallel to the B.
direction of
travel of a
wave, the wave
shown represent is classified as
C.
an undisturbed
medium and a A. longitudinal
medium B.
through which
a disturbance is electromagn D.
moving. Which etic
is represented
by area B ? 22. Two pulses are
traveling along a
string toward 23. When a light ray
A. amplitude each other as is reflected from
condensatio represented in the a surface, the
n diagram shown. ratio of the angle
Which of incidence to
C. rarefaction phenomenon will the angle of
reflection occur as the reflection is
pulses meet

A. less than one

B. grea
A. reflection one
di raction
C. equal to one
C. interference
D. refraction

18. The diagram

illustrates the
wave pattern
formed when a
stone is

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24. When the B. 2.0 m
stretched string 25. The diagram
of the apparatus shows a light ray C. 3.0 m
represented is being reflected
made to vibrate, from a plane D. 4.0 m
point P does not mirror. What is
move. Point P is the angle of
most probably at reflection?
the location of
◦ ◦
A. 90 B. 80 C.
◦ ◦
50 D. 40

A. a node

B. an antinode
26. Which two
C. maximum wave
amplitude representation
s in the
D. maximum diagram have
pulse the same
amplitude?

A. A and C
A and B

C. B and C
B and D

27. The wavelength

of the periodic
wave shown in
the diagram is
4.0 meters.
What is the
distance from
point B to point
C?

A. 1.0 m

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28. Two waves of
the same 32. What is the period
C. 33. How many
wavelength (h) of a periodic wave
nodes are
interfere to that has a
D. represented in
form a frequency of 60
the standing
standing wave hertz?
wave diagram?
pattern as
shown in the
A. 1.7 × 10–2 s
diagram. What
is the straight- 2.0 × 104 s
line distance
between C. 3.0 × 10–3 s
consecutive 3.3 × 102 s
nodes?

A. 1h B. 2h
A. 1 B. 6
1 1
C. h D. h C. 3
2 4 D. 4

29. A periodic A. down, only

wave with a up, only
frequency of
10 hertz C. down, then 34. The diagram
would have a up D. up, then pictured shows
period of down radar waves
being emitted
from a
A. 1s B. stationary police
0.1h s C. car and
10 s D. 31. The diagram reflected by a
100 s shows the moving car
direction of back to the
water waves police car. The
moving along di erence in
path XY toward apparent
30. As shown in a barrier. Which frequency
the diagram, a arrow represents between the
incident and
reflected
waves is an
example of

transverse the direction of

wave is the waves after
moving along they have
a rope. In reflected from
which the barrier?
direction will
segment X
A.
move as the
wave passes
through it?
B.

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 C. the Doppler e 37. Two wave
ect

A. constructive D. total internal

interference reflection

B. refraction

35. The diagram speed of the sources

shows a wave? operating in
transverse phase in the
pulse moving same medium
to the right in
a string.
Which
diagram best
represents the produce the
motion of circular wave
point P as the patterns shown
pulse passes in the diagram.
point P ? The solid lines
represent wave
crests and the
dashed lines
represent wave
troughs. Which
point is at a
A. position of 38. The distance

B.

C.
maximum between
destructive successive
interference? antinodes in the
D. standing wave
pattern shown
is equal to
A. A B.
B C.
C D.
A. 1 wavelength
D B. 2
wavelengths

C.wavelength wavele
2 3
ngth
A. 13 11
m/s B.
m/s

C. 60
m/s D.
36. The periodic 120 m/s
wave in the
diagram shown 39. Which diagram irregular
has a frequency best represents surface?
of 40 hertz. the reflection of
What is the light from an
A.
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 41. Which
graph best 43. Determine the
represents speed of the
the waves in the
relationship ripple tank.
B.
between [Show all
the calculations,
frequency including the
and period equation and
of a wave? substitution
with units.]
C. B.

D.
C.

42. The diagram

shown represents
a wave generator
40. The diagram having a
shown represents constant
a rope along frequency of 12
which two pulses hertz producing
of equal parallel wave
amplitude, A, fronts in a ripple
approach point tank. The
P. When the two velocity of the
pulses meet at waves is v.
P, the vertical
displacement of Using a ruler,
the rope at point measure the
P will be wavelength of
the waves
shown and
A. A B. record the
2A value to the
nearest tenth
C. 0 D. of a
A 2 centimeter.

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44. Base your
answers to the 47. A wave
following generator
question(s) on located 4.0
meters from B.
the information 46. The diagram
and diagram a reflecting
shows two
shown. wall
pulses, A and B,
produces a
moving to the
standing
right along a
wave in a
uniform rope.
string, as
Compared to shown in C. D.
pulse A, pulse B the
has diagram.
Two
waves, A If the speed of
and B, the wave is 10
A. a slower meters per
travel in
speed and second, what is
the same
more energy its frequency?
direction
in the

A. 0.40 Hz
5.0 Hz

C. 10 Hz
Hz

same B. a faster speed

medium and less
at the energy
same
time. C. a faster speed
and the same
energy
48. The diagram
shows two
pulses, each of
length 4,
traveling
toward each
On the grid, draw D. the same other at equal
the resultant speed and speed in a
wave produced more energy rope.
by the
superposition of Which diagram
waves A and B. best
represents the
shape of the
rope when
both pulses
are in region
AB ?
45. What is the
amplitude of the
resultant wave?

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49. Base your
answer(s) to the 50. The
following accompanyin
question(s) on g diagram
the diagram, shows two
which waves
represents approaching on the wave are in
waves A, B, C, eachother in phase?
and D traveling the same
uniform 51. The
in the same accompanying
medium. medium. A. A and D B.
diagram

represents a A and G
Which diagram periodic wave.
Which two
best represents C. C and K D. D
waves shown
the appearance and I
here have Which two points
of the medium
the same
after the waves 52. As shown in the answer(s) to the
wavelength?
ahve passed accompanying following
through each diagram, a question(s) on
A. A and B other? transverse wave the information
A and C is moving with below.
velocity v along a
C. B and D A. rope. A
periodic
In which transverse
direction will wave has an
segment H amplitude of
move as the 0.20 meter
wave passes and a
through it? wavelength of
3.0 meters.

C4and D4 A. down, only On the grid

provided below,
B. up, only draw at least
one cycle of
B. C. down, then this periodic
up, then wave.
down

D. up, then
down, then
C. up

D.

53. Base your

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54. The accompanying 58. Two pulses, A
accompanyi diagram shows and B, travel
ng diagram a plane wave toward each
shows a passing other along
standing through a the same
wave. small opening rope, as
in a barrier.
Point A on the
standing wave is On the
diagram
above, sketch
A. a node four wave
resulting from fronts after
constructive they have shown below.
interference passed C. 0 60. Base your
through the answer(s) to
B. a node barrier. the following
resulting from question(s) on
destructive the information
interference below.
C. an A
antin 56. Rubbing a periodic
ode moistened wave
result finger around traveling in
ing the rim of a a uniform
59. The diagram
from water glass medium has
transfers below represents
const a
a transverse
ructiv energy to the wavelength
glass at the wave moving
e of 0.080
along a string.
interf natural meter, an
eren frequency of amplitude of
ce the glass. On the diagram
below, draw a 0.040 meter,
Which wave and a
D. an phenomenon transverse wave
that would produce frequency of
anti is responsible 5.0 hertz.
nod for this e ect? complete
e destructive On the grid
resu interference when below, starting
lting superimposed at point A,
from with the original sketch a graph
dest wave of at least one
57. Calculate the complete cycle
ructi wavelength in a
ve of the wave
vacuum of a
inter showing its
radio wave
fere amplitude and
having a
nce period.
frequency of 2.2
× 106 hertz.
[Show all work,
including the
equation and
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 61. A tuning fork
that vibrates
256 times per
second
produces a
wave that is
1.50 meters
long. The C. The ray must D. The ray must
speed of the decrease in increase in
wave is frequency. frequency.

A. 171 m/sec
256 m/sec

C. 258 m/sec
384 m/sec

62. In the diagram,

four test tubes
contain varying
amounts of
water as shown.
If all the air
columns are
made to vibrate
by blowing air
across their
tops, which will
have the
highest 64.A
frequency? s

A. B. t
D. h
e
63. The tendency of
sound waves to 65. What occurs as t
bend when they a ray of light e
pass from one passes from air m
medium to a di into water? p
erent medium is e
known as r
A. The ray must
a
decrease in
speed. t
A. refraction u
B. The ray must r
C. resonance
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