Parts of Waves
What is the lowest part of a wave?
A. pit
B. trough
C. valley
D. dip
B. trough
What is any regular, measured beat; specifically, a nonrecurrent or nonrepetitive wave?
A. frequency
B. pulse
C. period
D. velocity
B. pulse
An object that begins to vibrate in response to outside vibration displays?
A. diffraction
B. reflection
C. refraction
D. resonance
D. resonance
What symbol represents wavelength?
A. Δ
B. Σ
C. Π
D. λ
D. λ
What was the first animal to ever be cloned?
A. monkey
B. dog
C. sheep
D. rat
C. sheep
What is the distance between identical parts of a wave?
A. frequency
B. pulse
C. wavelength
D. period
C. wavelength
What is the bending of a wave as it passes from one medium into another, or as it passes through a non-uniform medium?
A. interference
B. refraction
C. nonrecurrent
D. disturbance
B. refraction
What type of wave pulse oscillates perpendicular to the direction of the wavepath?
A. transverse wave
B. torsional wave
C. nonrecurrent wave
D. longitudinal wave
A. transverse wave
Two tuning forks, 90 Hz. and 110 Hz., are struck simultaneously. How many beats will be heard?
A. 1.2 Hz
B. 10 Hz
C. 20 Hz
D. 200 Hz
C. 20 Hz
What do you call a group of flamingos?
A. horde
B. waddle
C. clutch
D. flamboyance
D. flamboyance
What is the maximum displacement from an equilibrium position?
A. amplitude
B. crest
C. trough
D. wavelength
A. amplitude
Nodes and antinodes are generated in all of what type of wave?
A. standing
B. reflected
C. longitudinal
D. transverse
A. standing
The result of a wave generator traveling faster than the speed of a wave is what?
A. a shock wave
B. the Doppler effect
C. resonance
D. diffraction
A. a shock wave
What are the correct units of velocity?
A. meters/seconds
B. seconds/cycle
C. hertz
D. meters
A. meters/seconds
What European city is nicknamed "The Eternal City"?
A. Rome
B. Paris
C. London
D. Berlin
A. Rome
What is a region of compression (high pressure, or density) in a longitudinal wave?
A. frequency
B. rarefaction
C. condensation
D. diffraction
C. condensation
What is known as the bending of a wave in a homogeneous medium around obstacles?
A. standing waves
B. interference
C. reflection
D. diffraction
D. diffraction
What it called when the crest of one wave and trough of another wave coincide, yielding decreased amplitude?
A. total internal reflection
B. refracted wave
C. constructive interference
D. destructive interference
D. destructive interference
The frequency and ______ are reciprocals of each other?
(f = 1/T or T = 1/f)
A. magnitude
B. periods
C. velocity
D. beats
B. periods
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she was crowned the Queen of England?
A. 16 years
B. 26 years
C. 36 years
D. 46 years
B. 26 years
What is the location called of when two waves interfere destructively with each other, resulting in zero amplitude or no wave?
A. antinodes
B. nodes
C. critical angle
D. superposition
B. nodes
If a wave is generated in a Slinky and the wave hits a wall, the reflected wave will be?
A. inverted
B. erect
C. reflected
D. standing
A. inverted
The speed of sound in air depends on which factor?
A. density
B. magnitude
C. temperature
D. elasticity
C. temperature
Two waves are superposed. One wave has an amplitude of 2 cm, and the other has an amplitude of 1 cm. What is the resultant amplitude?
A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
D. 3
What was America’s first national park?
A. Grand Canyon National Park
B. Olympic National Park
C. Great Smoky Mountains National Park
D. Yellowstone National Park
D. Yellowstone National Park