Wave Exam

The diagram shown represents four waves traveling to the right in the same transmitting medium.

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Which type of wave is represented?

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Which wave has the greatest frequency?

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Which wave has the greatest frequency?

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A longitudinal wave moves to the right through a uniform medium, Points A, B, C, D, and E represent the positions of particles of the medium.

The wavelength of this wave is equal to the distance between points ________

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The diagrams shown represent an undisturbed medium and a medium through which a disturbance is moving. Which is represented by area B?

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Which type of wave is classified as longitudinal?

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If the displacement of particles in a medium is parallel to the direction of travel of the wave, the wave is classified as

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A characteristic common to sound waves and light waves is that they

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The diagram shows two waves traveling in the same medium for the same length of time. The two waves have different

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A periodic transverse wave has an amplitude of 0.20 meter and a wavelength of 3.0 meters. On the grid provided below, draw at least one cycle of this periodic wave

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The diagram below represents a transverse wave, A, traveling through a uniform medium. On the diagram, draw a wave traveling through the same medium as wave A with twice the amplitude and twice the frequency of wave A.

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The diagram below represents a periodic transverse wave traveling in a uniform medium. On the diagram , draw a wave having both a smaller amplitude and the same wavelength as the given wave.

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What is the velocity of a wave whose wavelength is 8.0 meters and frequency is 10 cycles per second?

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The graph represents the displacement of a point in a medium as a function of time as a wave passes through the medium. What is the frequency of the wave?

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The number of water waves passing a given point each second is the wave's

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A periodic wave with a frequency of 10 hertz would have a period of

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The accompanying graph shows displacement versus time for a particle of a uniform medium as a wave passes through the medium. What is the frequency of the wave?

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The diagram here represents four waves traveling to the right in the same transmitting medium. What is the wavelength of wave A ?

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What is the wavelength of a 30-hertz periodic wave moving at 60 meters per second?

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What are the amplitude and wavelength of the wave shown?

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The tendency of sound waves to bend when they pass from one medium to a different medium is known as

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Which diagram best illustrates wave refraction?

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When a ray of white light is refracted, the component color that has the greatest change in direction is

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Which wave phenomenon is represented in the diagram here?

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Which diagram best represents the path of light rays passing through a glass prism?

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A straight glass rod appears to bend when placed in a beaker of water. What is the best explanation for this phenomenon?

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Which of the following is caused by the interference of sound waves?

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Two pulses are traveling along a string toward each other as represented in the diagram shown. Which phenomenon will occur as the pulses meet?

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An echo heard when a person shouts in a canyon is due to the sound waves being

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The loudness of a sound is dependent upon which wave property?

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Sound can not be transmitted through a

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Light is to brightness as sound is to

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Which of the following electromagnetic radiations has the shortest wavelength?

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Put the electromagnetic waves in order from longest to shortest wavelength

gamma ray
microwave
infrared
radio
visible
ultraviolet
x ray

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Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest frequency?

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A photon of which electromagnetic radiation has the most energy?

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In a vacuum, all electromagnetic waves have the same

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Radio waves and gamma rays traveling in space have the same

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Radio waves diffract around buildings more than light waves do because, compared to light waves, radio waves

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A gamma ray photon and a microwave photon are traveling in a vacuum. Compared to the wavelength and energy of the gamma ray photon, the microwave photon has a

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The ratio of the energy of a quantum of electromagnetic radiation to its frequency is

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The wavelength of photon A is greater than that of photon B. Compared to the energy of photon A, the energy of photon B is

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Which phenomenon is most easily explained by the particle theory of light?

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Gamma radiation consists of a stream of high energy

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Experiments performed with light indicate that light exhibits

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Compared to a photon of red light, a photon of blue light has a

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The energy of a photon is inversely proportional to its

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Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map to the left. The map shows point X, which is the location of an earthquake epicenter, and point A, which is the location of a seismic station. Which statement best describes the arrival of the initial S-wave at the seismic station?

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The map shows seismic stations in Chicago, Denver, Oklahoma City, and Tampa that recorded data from an earthquake. Seismograms A, B, C, and D show, in Greenwich time, the arrival times of the earthquake waves at the four stations.

What is the minimum number of seismic stations needed to locate most earthquake epicenters?

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What happens to P-waves and S-waves from a crustal earthquake when the waves reach Earth's outer core?

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The accompanying cross section shows the distribution of earthquake waves as they travel through Earth's interior. The arrows within Earth's interior represent the pathways followed by some earthquake waves.

Which types of earthquake waves will most probably be detected in zones A and B?

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Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which shows models of two types of earthquake waves.

Model A best represents the motion of earthquake waves called

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The difference in seismic station arrival times of the two waves represented by the models helps scientists determine the

Base your answers to the following questions on the cross-section shown to the left, which shows the paths of seismic waves traveling from an earthquake epicenter through the different layers of Earth's interior. Points A and B are locations on Earth's surface. 

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Which statement best explains why only one type of seismic wave was recorded at location B?

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No P-waves or S-waves are received in the shadow zone because

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The diagram shown represents four waves traveling to the right in the same transmitting medium.

Which type of wave is represented?

Which wave has the greatest frequency?

Which wave has the greatest frequency?

A longitudinal wave moves to the right through a uniform medium, Points A, B, C, D, and E represent the positions of particles of the medium.The wavelength of this wave is equal to the distance between points ________

The diagrams shown represent an undisturbed medium and a medium through which a disturbance is moving. Which is represented by area B?

Which type of wave is classified as longitudinal?

If the displacement of particles in a medium is parallel to the direction of travel of the wave, the wave is classified as

A characteristic common to sound waves and light waves is that they

The diagram shows two waves traveling in the same medium for the same length of time. The two waves have different

A periodic transverse wave has an amplitude of 0.20 meter and a wavelength of 3.0 meters. On the grid provided below, draw at least one cycle of this periodic wave

The diagram below represents a transverse wave, A, traveling through a uniform medium. On the diagram, draw a wave traveling through the same medium as wave A with twice the amplitude and twice the frequency of wave A.

The diagram below represents a periodic transverse wave traveling in a uniform medium. On the diagram , draw a wave having both a smaller amplitude and the same wavelength as the given wave.

What is the velocity of a wave whose wavelength is 8.0 meters and frequency is 10 cycles per second?

The graph represents the displacement of a point in a medium as a function of time as a wave passes through the medium. What is the frequency of the wave?

The number of water waves passing a given point each second is the wave's

A periodic wave with a frequency of 10 hertz would have a period of

Base your answers to the following questions on the diagram to the left, which represents waves A, B, C, and D traveling in the same medium.

Which wave has the longest period?

Which two waves have the same wavelength?

Which wave has the highest frequency?

The accompanying graph shows displacement versus time for a particle of a uniform medium as a wave passes through the medium. What is the frequency of the wave?

The diagram here represents four waves traveling to the right in the same transmitting medium. What is the wavelength of wave A ?

What is the wavelength of a 30-hertz periodic wave moving at 60 meters per second?

What are the amplitude and wavelength of the wave shown?

The tendency of sound waves to bend when they pass from one medium to a different medium is known as

Which diagram best illustrates wave refraction?

When a ray of white light is refracted, the component color that has the greatest change in direction is

Which wave phenomenon is represented in the diagram here?

Which diagram best represents the path of light rays passing through a glass prism?

A straight glass rod appears to bend when placed in a beaker of water. What is the best explanation for this phenomenon?

Which of the following is caused by the interference of sound waves?

Two pulses are traveling along a string toward each other as represented in the diagram shown. Which phenomenon will occur as the pulses meet?

An echo heard when a person shouts in a canyon is due to the sound waves being

The loudness of a sound is dependent upon which wave property?

Sound can not be transmitted through a

Light is to brightness as sound is to

Which of the following electromagnetic radiations has the shortest wavelength?

Put the electromagnetic waves in order from longest to shortest wavelength

Which of the following electromagnetic waves has the lowest frequency?

A photon of which electromagnetic radiation has the most energy?

In a vacuum, all electromagnetic waves have the same

Radio waves and gamma rays traveling in space have the same

Radio waves diffract around buildings more than light waves do because, compared to light waves, radio waves

A gamma ray photon and a microwave photon are traveling in a vacuum. Compared to the wavelength and energy of the gamma ray photon, the microwave photon has a

The ratio of the energy of a quantum of electromagnetic radiation to its frequency is

The wavelength of photon A is greater than that of photon B. Compared to the energy of photon A, the energy of photon B is

Which phenomenon is most easily explained by the particle theory of light?

Gamma radiation consists of a stream of high energy

Experiments performed with light indicate that light exhibits

Compared to a photon of red light, a photon of blue light has a

The energy of a photon is inversely proportional to its

Base your answer(s) to the following question(s) on the map to the left. The map shows point X, which is the location of an earthquake epicenter, and point A, which is the location of a seismic station. Which statement best describes the arrival of the initial S-wave at the seismic station?

What happens to P-waves and S-waves from a crustal earthquake when the waves reach Earth's outer core?

The accompanying cross section shows the distribution of earthquake waves as they travel through Earth's interior. The arrows within Earth's interior represent the pathways followed by some earthquake waves.Which types of earthquake waves will most probably be detected in zones A and B?

Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which shows models of two types of earthquake waves.Model A best represents the motion of earthquake waves called

The difference in seismic station arrival times of the two waves represented by the models helps scientists determine the

Base your answers to the following questions on the cross-section shown to the left, which shows the paths of seismic waves traveling from an earthquake epicenter through the different layers of Earth's interior. Points A and B are locations on Earth's surface.

Which statement best explains why only one type of seismic wave was recorded at location B?

No P-waves or S-waves are received in the shadow zone because

Which statement correctly compares seismic P-waves with seismic S-waves?

A longitudinal wave moves to the right through a uniform medium, Points A, B, C, D, and E represent the positions of particles of the medium.

The wavelength of this wave is equal to the distance between points ________

The accompanying cross section shows the distribution of earthquake waves as they travel through Earth's interior. The arrows within Earth's interior represent the pathways followed by some earthquake waves.

Which types of earthquake waves will most probably be detected in zones A and B?

Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which shows models of two types of earthquake waves.

Model A best represents the motion of earthquake waves called