Sound waves
Heat transfer
Light and the electromagnetic spectrum
Wave energy
General Knowledge
100

This type of wave requires a medium and moves through compressions and rarefactions.

A longitudinal wave

100

Name the 3 models by which thermal energy moves between substances

Conduction, convection, radiation

100

These waves can travel through a vacuum because they do not require a medium.

Electromagnetic Waves

100

What type of wave transfers energy through particle motion and cannot travel through a vacuum.

Mechanical Wave

100

This planet has the shortest day in the solar system, completing a rotation in about 10 hours.

Jupiter!

200

What does amplitude do?

This property of a sound wave determines how loud or quiet it is and is linked to energy.

200

What type of heat transfer occurs when particles vibrate and pass energy through direct contact?

Conduction

200

This is the only part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see.

Visible Light

200

What type of wave has particle movement that was perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer?

Transverse wave

200

Which team has won the most VFL/AFL premierships, tied with Carlton?

Essendon

300

This feature of a sound wave determines whether a sound is high or low.

Frequency/Pitch

300

Warm air rising and cool air sinking in a room creates this type of heat movement.

Convection

300

 All electromagnetic waves travel at this speed in a vacuum.

The speed of light!

300

The distance from one crest to the next one is called what?

Wavelength

300

Which music artist was the first in Spotify History to reach over 100 million monthly listens?

The Weeknd

400

In terms of Sound waves what is a medium?

A medium is anything that sound can travel through, without it sound cannot travel anywhere which is why sound cannot travel through a vacuum

400

This is the best explanation for why shiny, reflective surfaces are used on emergency blankets to reduce heat loss.

reducing heat transfer by radiation

400

The visible light spectrum is often remembered using this acronym.

ROYGBIV

400

What formula relates wave speed, frequency, and wavelength.

 v = fλ

400

Which Australian hold the record for the most olympic gold medals?

Ian Thorpe

500

What are compression and rarefactions?

When sound travels, particles move closer together and further apart in this repeating pattern.

500

This property of a material determines how effectively it transfers heat, explaining why metals feel colder than plastic at the same temperature.

Thermal Conductivity

500

When light hits a surface, these are the three possible interactions that can occur.

reflection, absorption, and transmission

500

If frequency increases while wave speed stays constant, this wave property must decrease.

Wavelength

500

Which city was originally named Batmania after its founder?

Melbourne

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