Waves Multiple Choice

1&2 The following diagram shows the electromagnetic spectrum. What are the 2
missing labels?

1. The diagram shows the electromagnetic spectrum. What is the missing labels 1 ?

A) Transverse
B) Gamma Rays
C) Sound Waves
D) Radio Waves

2. The diagram shows the electromagnetic spectrum. What is the missing label 2 ?

A) Transverse
B) Gamma Rays
C) Sound Waves
D) Radio Waves

3. Which has the most energy?

A) Infrared
B) Gamma Rays
C) Microwave
D) X-Rays

4. Which is used in remote controls for televisions?

A) Infrared
B) Microwave
C) Ultraviolet
D) X- Rays

5. Which can be used to kill cancer cells and sterilize food?

A) Infrared
B) Gamma Rays
C) Microwave
D) X Rays
6. is used to make florescent inks glow?

A) Infrared
B) Ultraviolet
C) Gamma Rays
D) X-Rays

Which colour of visible light in the spectrum..

7. Has the longest wavelength?

A) Blue
B) Red
C) Indigo
D) Violet

8, Has the highest frequency?

A) Blue
B) Red
C) Indigo
D) Violet

9. All electromagnetic waves have similar properties. Which one of these is NOT a property of
electromagnetic waves?

A). All travel at the same speed

B), They all can pass through a vacuum

C). They can all be reflected

D). They all have a longer wavelength than sound waves.

10. Which one of these is a longitudinal wave?

A). Water (surface) waves

B), Sound wave

C). Radio wave

D). X ray
11. Which of these is the correct term for a wave where the individual particles move at right angles
to the direction of the wave energy transfer?

A). Transverse

B). Longitudinal

C). Refracted

D). Propagated

12. Which of these arrows correctly shows the amplitude and wavelength?

Amplitude Wavelength

A). x p

B). y p

C). x q

D). y q

13. A wave machine generates 30 waves every 15 seconds. What is the frequency of the wave?

A). 0.5 s

B). 0.5 Hz

C). 2 s

D). 2 Hz
14. Sound waves are often described using regions of high pressure and low pressure air. The correct
terms for these regions are...

A). compressions and rarefactions

B). compressions and decompressions

C). decompressions and rarefactions

D). decompressions and condensations

15. Which of these is the correct formula to calculate wave velocity?

A). v= ƒ λ

B). v= T λ

C). v= 1/T

D). v= Tƒ

A sound wave is produced by a student banging two wooden blocks together. The student is 50m
from a large wall. After 0.3s an echo is heard.

16. What causes the echo?

A). Sound being refracted by the wall.

B). Sound being reflected off the blocks.

C). Sound being bounced off the air molecules.

D). Sound being reflected by the wall.

17. What is the speed of the sound wave produced?

A). 167 m/s

B). 333 m/s

C). 15 m/s

D). 30 m/s
18-20: What are the missing values in this table showing data for sound waves
travelling through different substances?

wavelength frequency velocity

18. 20m 60Hz ?

19. 5m ? 300 m/s

20. ? 2kHz 1600 m/s

18 ) What is the missing Velocity value in the table showing data for sound waves
travelling through different substances?

A) 3 m/s

B) 0.33 m/s

C). 120 m/s

D). 1200 m/s

19 )What is the missing Frequency value in the table showing data for sound waves
travelling through different substances?

A). 60 hz

B). 1500Hz

C). 60kHz

D). 1500kHz

20 )What is the missing Wavelength value. in the table showing data for sound waves
travelling through different substances?

A). 0.8 m

B). 8m

C). 3200 m

D). 3200000 m
21. If light hits the inside surface of a glass block at a large angle of incidence, it is reflected. The
smallest angle at which this occurs is called the

A). angle of refraction

B). angle of reflection

C). incident angle

D). critical angle

22. What is the name of this effect?

A). Internal reflection

B). Total internal reflection

C). Mirror image

D). Reflected imaging

23. Which one of these devices makes use of this effect?

A). magnifying glass

B). ray box

C). optical fibre

D). laser

24. Which of these gives the range of human hearing?

A). 2 – 2000 Hz

B). 20 – 2000 Hz

C). 2 – 20 000 Hz

D). 20 – 20 000 Hz
25 -27: The diagram below shows 4 sound waves displayed on an oscilloscope screen.

Which of these diagrams shows...

25. A loud, high pitched sound?

26. A quiet, high frequency sound?

27. A high volume, short wavelength sound?

28. Which of these lines correctly shows the path of a ray of light through a block of glass?
29. The black line in this diagram shows how light is refracted by a a glass block. If a
tank full of water was used instead, which red line would show the direction of the new
ray?

30. The diagram shows how a lens bends light. Which type of lens is it, and what is point
x called?

lens type point x

A concave principal focus

B convex principal focus

C concave image point

D convex image point